Being in the studio is like painting, you know, you can really take your time, and try different things, and kind of go deep into 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.

I dream of songs. I dream they fall down through the centuries, from my distant ancestors, and come to me. I dream of lullabies and sea shanties and keening cries and rhythms and stories and backbeats.

The key to change is to let go of fear.

Well, the first year I lost my voice I didn't mind so much because I was going to have a baby and I was distracted with him anyway, I didn't even think about it that much, well, OK, this is what's happening.

There's always that moment when you realize what it's going to be. You might have an overarching theme and you need to fill in the blanks - and then there's this "Aha" moment when you see where it's going. That's the most satisfying part of writing.

I have daughters who are writers and actors but no musicians.