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.

It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer all the time. I don't want to be the queen of pain.

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.

You must always know how long to stay; and when to go.

I think listeners are hungry to hear quality.

Studios are designed to pull out all of that beautiful ambience you get from singing in a room, and then the engineer puts it back in digitally or through whatever machinery you've got.