I don't think gender is aesthetically defining for me.

Don’t uncork what you can’t contain.

That said, I’ve never thought the fact that I’m a woman was important to my work.

I think that if you have a strong narrative, if the idea of the song can be boiled down to the basics, it won’t change that much.

It’s striking how commercially viable that impulse for instant intimacy is right now, especially in songs and writing.

In the end, my pursuit of the elusive New York State driver’s license became about much more than a divorced woman’s learning to drive for the first time.

I still feel conflicted because I don’t always get to spend as much time with my daughter as I’d like, given my work.

Last year’s troubles, They shine up so prettily, They gleam with a lustre they don’t have today.

When I was pregnant, I felt filled with life, and I felt really happy. I ate well, and I slept well. I felt much more useful than I’d ever felt before.

I had some fears as a kid, but I was also relatively fearless. Maybe that’s a result of living half the time in reality and the other half in fantasy.