Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control.

I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives.

Men are able to sustain a career into their 50s and 60s and still present themselves as sex symbols. With women, on the other hand, people say, 'Why doesn't she retire?'

I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs about some of the big questions, like death. There are a lot of references to weather, too!

It's time to start all over/make a new beginning.

There's a power in words. There's a power in being able to explain and describe and articulate what you know and feel and believe about the world, and about yourself.

I never assumed I would have that commercial success, so it was a total surprise. And honestly, I never assumed that it would ever happen again.