Vulnerability can be empowering as a songwriter and storyteller.

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 believe in eating. I think women especially have this fear of eating, and I think there is a whole euphoric plane you can rise to when you have a good meal. You sit down and with every bite you honestly just say thank you.

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.

Anger is natural. It's part of the force. You just have to learn to hang out with it.

The romantic myth of the artist says that you are the Source. I have no illusion about that. Native Americans don't believe they are the Source. They have access to the Source. Endless access. But don't get confused.

What girls do to each other is beyond description. No chinese torture comes close.