I started playing the piano when I was about two and got a scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore when I was five. But I left when I was 11.

I'm trying not to move, it's just your ghost passing through

I wanted to do something creatively, having been a beached whale for many months and nursing my daughter.

Take a different route to the coffee shop to see what you can see and hear. When we get in a routine, we can become zombie-like and shut down. It's about discipline. You have to push yourself.

These precious things, let them bleed.

There's a side to this industry that nurtures divas who can't write. It's a big business.

There are two ways to wake up. You can wake up thinking about what you know, or you wake up thinking and saying 'What can I learn?.' That's a very different approach.