I think that's my hope for a lot of the feminist movement is that the gender thing sort of stops being the selling point, if that makes any sense. We're just people making art, and that's how this process has felt to me.

If I get frustrated, the first thing I'll do is get up from the piano - completely mindlessly - and walk over to the cupboard and pull out something salty to eat.

Compare where you are to where you want to be, and you'll get nowhere

Never say never - I certainly have those dreams, and I hope that it happens at some point,I hope I get to see those stage lights.

If you take your fear and mash it into something that's actually useful, then it doesn't feel like it wins.

I'm somebody who grew up listening to a lot of musical theater, so getting to finally write musical theater songs and songs that sound that way - the emphasis being on the storytelling, but the arrangements and the orchestrations can be really varied - I found that to be, actually, a really joyful discovery.

The struggle is to stay present enough when you're taking your next step forward that you're really making your most honest choices.