Once over there [Balkans], I felt extremely patriotic. Here are these people, from 18-year-olds to military veterans, enduring real duress for the cause of peace. I don't ever want to play for a regular audience again, only military folks who are starving for music.

People go through challenging moments of losing people and of having their life threatened from illness and real grief. But they get through it. And that's the testament to the human spirit and it's -we are fragile, but we also are divine.

I have a golden Lab who goes everywhere with me. He's a great leveler.

My sister, she says she knows Elvis.

As you get older, you have your tribe of women that you grow and age gracefully with and you share wisdom with. That's your clan. That's your family. That's your strength.

I pride myself on finding balance. I love making music and I love raising my boys - I find time to make both a priority.

I hate how I've had the mantle set on my shoulders as being against the record label. We've had some issues, but that is the nature of business.