I always assumed people wanted to hear me tell stories, but then I had 'The Sunset Tree.' It turned out, my own stories were the ones that registered with people the hardest.

I always did think that when I turned 40, I'd start coming into my own.

I have a business background. I have always wanted to open my own business.

I always wanted to be a makeup artist. When I don't get to have my stylist, I do my own makeup!

My own parents were touchy-feely.

I try not to write songs in which men glamorize their own need for approval from women. That's kinda a bogus way to go out. But I try to do this quietly. I'm not about to go around telling people how they should or shouldn't think. My feminism is for me.