There's a certain place you want to get to, and in order to do that, you have to be vulnerable.
When my husband gives me this ultimatum, "You either stop singing, or you move out," then it became very clear that what I needed to do - not just because I wanted to sing, but because I didn't want to live with anybody who issued ultimatums to me like that - would be to move out.
I often compare singing to lovemaking because there's so many similarities.
To be up on stage and interacting with musicians, that was a huge epiphany for me.
Once I started singing, I realized it was a language I'd forgotten I could speak.
Hey, maybe I can sing locally and earn a couple of bucks.