I became a mom at 37 and having a child has been an emancipation for me.

I don't choose to analyze what I have done and I think that is the right choice, because then I won't be spending my time creating.

It's about realizing, painfully, you've kept that voice inside yourself, locked away from even yourself. And you step back and see that your jailer has changed faces. You realize you've become your own jailer.

Vulnerability can be empowering as a songwriter and storyteller.

Hair is gray and the firers are burning. So many dreams on the shelf. You say I wanted you to be proud of me. I always wanted that myself.

You don't leave people who can't defend themselves.

For a song cycle to work, you have to feel these things when you hear them and you either have an emotional reaction to it or you don't. The plotline is something that gets woven together in the backstory.