Well, I have a lot of food references in my work.
I don't choose to analyze what I have done and I think that is the right choice, because then I won't be spending my time creating.
The key things are about power and about growing up and realizing as you grow up that there are consequences for the choices you make, especially when you get seduced by power.
When the mothers start to shatter, then everything just comes undone.
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.
Being stylish is about enjoying your life and expressing yourself and your inner light.
My ears are huge. If there's ever a problem with a plane I'm on, they could just put me on the wing and I'll land the sucker.
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.
It's fun to write your set list 20 minutes before and keep the crew very much on their toes.
The world that we all knew before, could wake up in feeling safe... now it seems that everything has been turned upside down.
I can see how the young girls really get hurt when their moms are critical, or vice versa when they're overly critical of their moms. It can be so painful.
There is a phenomenal amount of pressure on women in this industry: they are considered vintage by the time they hit their mid-30s.
Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes.
For a song cycle to work, you have to feel these things when you hear them and you either have an emotional reaction to it or you don't. The plotline is something that gets woven together in the back-story.