I've never been the type of singer that can sing in heels and the gown and all this stuff, because I can't get to where I want to go while I'm in tha….

When my husband gives me this ultimatum, "You either stop singing, or you move out," then it became very clear that what I needed to do - not just be….

Once I started singing, I realized it was a language I'd forgotten I could speak..

It's kind of condoned in our society: There are things that an abusive mate could get away with with their partner that they could not with a strange….

In an abusive relationship - we'll talk about men and women - women are often restrained, by words or out of fear, from leaving. They will tolerate a….

There's a certain place you want to get to, and in order to do that, you have to be vulnerable..

I think that's the role of an artist, right? To touch someone and make us stretch out just a little bit more..

I don't see how a person can be sensuous - unless they're just, you know, following some kind of script - without being vulnerable..

My ex-husband has been one of my best teachers, and I believe that the areas of our life and the people in our lives that present the most problems t….

I think it's OK to compose songs and sing them about questions that we don't have answers to yet..

I just kind of tried to stay true to myself..

I just love music. I love all kinds of music, and I was exposed to it, me and my siblings, from the time we were in utero..

I often compare singing to lovemaking because there's so many similarities..

Hey, maybe I can sing locally and earn a couple of bucks..

When I stop asking questions, something's wrong..

I think vulnerability and sensuality, they're sides of the same coin..

To be up on stage and interacting with musicians, that was a huge epiphany for me..

You have to be willing to look a certain way, and hold your body a certain way, until you get to where you want to go - I'm talking about musically, ….