I try to conduct my life with a little levity.

That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing.

I look at my hands and go, 'Hmm...what happened? Whose hands are those? Oh my God, they're mine'

I feel like I've passed through a certain door in my life and that I'm standing in a different room now.

Music, art, writing - it gives us a sense of who we are, a sense of our history, a sense of our future and it should provide some kind of comfort. It's not just entertainment for entertainment's sake, it's an investment.

Now that I'm in my 40s, it's much easier to be an artist. It's good knowing that I'm not in the game to be competing with really young groups of kids on the radio. Or to, you know, make 'beat' music.

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.