I'm a better mother if I'm also doing my work. Some women find a lot more satisfaction from doing the hardest job, which is being a mom. But I like m….

I grew up listening to a lot of soul music, and a lot of folk music..

We all have that desire to be kind of wild and bad..

Music is extremely intuitive, which acting too in a different way..

But I started it when I was going through a transitional time in my life. At the end of it, it really sort of symbolized it. I had made room to chang….

I always had a struggle, which I still do, when you're playing a character and it's not necessarily your morals or your values. You're playing a char….

My parents were very artistic, but busy..

When they say laughter is healing, it absolutely is the truth..

Being a mother has been my greatest teacher and also the most self-sacrificing thing I've ever done..

I have a little kitchen office at home, where I do all my kids' stuff..

Each time I seem to go through one of life's huge things, I want to play music..

Um, I have an enormous faith in God. I have an enormous support system that also has that same belief..

I love to perform live..

I really like sort of disappearing..

I had to accept the fact that sometimes things happen that are out of our hands..

I think I'm a soulful singer..

For me it's also - the music is equally as important. I mean I think as somebody who writes music, there just has to sort of be the marriage between ….

And I like to interpret music. So I think it's all interpretive..

I've done comedy most of my career, which I love, but I wanted to expand..

I tend to agree with my husband, that to continue the conversation about something that is an important topic, particularly now, which is that of gun….

I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun t….