And I kind of said to myself if I get my voice back I'm not going to take back the old anxiety about it and just focus on the limitations. I'm really going to enjoy it.

The new record started out being about loss, but it's morphed into being about how relationships go on even though one person is not in a body anymore.

The ephemeral nature of live performance is the part I love most - it's a monk's sand painting, carefully constructed, then wiped away in an instant.

I'm a songwriter. My voice just serves what I'm writing about. So to let all that go, I mean, bring the sensibilities of it actually to the song choices, but to just be the interpreter was incredibly liberating and really fun.

I'm not the type to turn to drugs and alcohol, but I do have a profound devotion to art and music - and children.

Just a thank you is a mighty powerful prayer. Says it all.

I adhere to the religion of art and music and small children.