I fingerpick a lot because I can get more of a range of feeling from the guitar than I can when I bash away with a pick.

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

Don't make a threat and then not do it.

When I was pregnant, I felt filled with life, and I felt really happy. I ate well, and I slept well. I felt much more useful than I'd ever felt before.

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.

I like to write about things that are extreme in some form. I like to write about something I feel I have to write about.

I had some fears as a kid, but I was also relatively fearless. Maybe that's a result of living half the time in reality and the other half in fantasy.