I'm the audience first, and if you're gonna be a great performer, you need to be a great audience. So, I do music for me first, and whoever likes it likes it, and whoever doesn't -- well, it's just not for them.

What is happy? I think happy's in the moment. I don't think everybody can be happy all the time.

I don't talk about my personal life. But the relationships I've had have usually been with other musicians. It's just easier that way.

I don’t have a problem baring my emotions in music. That’s one of the reasons I’m glad to have music in my life. I’m pretty resilient as far as being a human being. A lot of songs write themselves.

I write about what I know.

I love the live cut part of making records the surprises are the prizes.

I think a lot of people think that my parents' deaths is why I write such sad songs, but that's not true. Those songs may just be the woman I am.