I don't allow challenges to trip me up.

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.

Girls you've gotta know when it's time to turn the page.

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've carved out a career for myself really as a writer.

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

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.