My brother was a fantastic cheerleader for my development as a musician. He was almost 10 years older than me and would really push me to develop as a songwriter.

He said, first let's just unzip your religion down.

I guess my husband is a muse as well.

Even if everything else is downplayed, I'll wear good shoes.

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

I gave up trying to please others and started playing for myself, and because I love music, things naturally happened then. Funny how that works.

I remember driving to North Carolina when I was a little girl in a snowstorm to get down to my mom's family in the Carolinas. There were chains on the car - it was the late sixties - and we were just singing in the car. Christmas carols.