I Became A Mom At 37 And

We All Get Intimidated By Showing Ourselves, For Whatever Reason, We Think, If I Really Show Who I Am, And Someone Goes [pfftt] Then It's Gonna Crush Me. Well, It's Not Gonna Crush Me. It Doesn't Crush You If Somebody Does That- Somebody Will Do That. Many Times. And Once You Accept That That's Not Why You're Doing It, You're Doing It Because That's Your Form Of Expression.

Is Your Place In Heaven Worth Giving Up These Kisses

I Think All The Boys That Write The Screaming Stuff Would Write The Best Love Songs... Because They Have The Most To Hide. The Guys That Are In The Most Pain Are Usually The Ones With The Biggest Hearts.

I Like Involved Projects. I'm Driven By The Idea Of Characters And The Song-cycle Form Is Similar To A Musical.

My Mother Says I Was Two-and-a-half When I Started Playing. My Father Was A Minister, And When He Went To Church In The Morning, She Would Put On Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole And Cole Porter Records. I'd Crawl Up On The Piano Stool, Sit On A Phone Book And Play.