Certainly in terms of my life - anybody's life - you go through death, childbirth and marriage, glory and defeat, and so on.

My mother's songs are really turning out to be masterpieces. I have inherited this incredible legacy and am so fortunate to bathe in her sensibilities. It is tinged with tragedy. I'd much rather she was here in person, but there is still a positive force to come out of her death and that is having the gift of music that she gave.

After years of hotels, I'm horribly inept at cleaning up after myself.

I don’t really have a relationship with the guitar; it’s like my slutty lover, whereas I’m married to the piano

I have a three-year-old daughter, which makes me more environmentally conscious. For me, it's about the future.

That will to love is very powerful. But it doesn't always win.

Let the little fairy in you fly!