Over the last few hours I've allowed myself to feel defeated, and just like she said if you allow yourself to feel the way you really feel, maybe you won't be afraid of that feeling anymore.

When the mothers start to shatter, then everything just comes undone.

Vulnerability can be empowering as a songwriter and storyteller.

My parents think I'm better under pressure.

If you call me a new-age, airy-fairy, hippie-dippy airhead I will shove my crystals up your ass.

I was very close to my mother as the youngest of three. She was my playmate.

I'm really into moderation. Too much of anything will harm you in the end. Too much sugar. Too much pasta. I'm into drugs as a teaching tool, which is why I only take hallucinogenics. I mean, it's not like I've never done cocaine, but, on the whole, if I can't see dancing elephants then I'm not interested.