The first song I wrote was the first song I remember thinking, "Well, maybe I can do something here." The very first one. By the second one I knew I could do something.

I dont think gender is aesthetically defining for me.

And I really wanted a driver's license. I was 43, had my learner's permit and had failed the test once already - but that was in Riverhead, on Long Island.

It takes as much discipline to be a mother and a wife as it does to do anything else.

If language were liquid, it would be rushing in. Instead here we are in a silence more eloquent than any word could ever be.

Writing is always personal in some way but not always in a direct way.

I still feel conflicted because I don't always get to spend as much time with my daughter as I'd like, given my work.