I'm a mother, and that's really important. Today, the mother and the musician can sit next to each other. Even when the musician is out there in full swing, the mother doesn't get switched off.

I'm very at home working with mythology.

I've had to keep exploring different ways of presenting the music so I don't repeat myself.

The most important thing to me as a songwriter is the breath. The most important thing I could say to somebody is, 'Sometimes I just breathe you in.'

The sense of loss is such a tricky one, because we always feel like our worth is tied up into stuff that we have, not that our worth can grow with things we are willing to lose.

I think even in a good marriage, especially if you stay together long enough, there are going to be events that happen.

Everybody told me this 'girl on the piano' thing was never going to work.