When you don't have people in your life pushing you, can you push yourself?

Not being afraid to make changes is a valuable tool - knowing you can change back.

Sometimes you need to take a departure from what you do to something that's slightly different in order to get inspiration.

I've never felt anything that moves me as much as my piano. I'm an emotional player. I don't really like people. I prefer my piano to people. It's totally reliable and it's alive. I can hear what it's saying.

After a while, though, you realize that a whole slew of young singer-songwriter piano players are getting compared to you. That's when you feel the passage of time is occurring.

This was a time frame when dance music and clubs were having a real impact on culture, and it had an impact on me.

Romance is important to me, and to have a romance with your husband takes a bit of doing. The key is to make sure your partner misses you. That means you have to take yourself away.