But darling, I wish you well On your way to the wishing well

I grew up as a Catholic, and there was so much that was beautiful there, and also so much that was troubling. The whole patriarchal thing, the whole male-dominated approach, really bothered me.

I don't necessarily buy any key to the future of happiness, but I need a little place in the sun sometimes or I think I will die.

I think there are times when a song can be a spiritual experience - just making music, in general, is pretty much that.

Often I have to move my body in a certain way, like exercising, to begin to get into the right rhythm for writing a song.

I think listeners are hungry to hear quality.

I'm confused that there is a lack of faith in listening to and deciding what is a great song and instead going for these formulaic, bad songs over and over again. But that's what happened when people from beverage companies bought record labels and radio stations as opposed to people who love music owning record labels.