Being a woman in music and having kids, it's very hard to do both without neglecting one a bit.

I have a tendency to run after people who are completely unattainable and uninterested and make a complete fool of myself.

I've spent the first part of my life in the shadow of my family. I'm not going to live in the shadow of my husband.

It's better to embrace your roots than it is to fight it, because then you're just fighting something that you're not going to win. We're like a band of gypsies, and it makes sense.

I don't like talking about music.

I always seem to write personal songs; that's always been my go-to thing, to write about what I'm experiencing.

I'm not very prolific. I'm not good at sitting down as an artist and saying 'Okay, I need to put in my four hours today.'

I think my mother was always worried about me when she was alive.

I've learnt to hide my tears on stage. They make people uncomfortable.

You know, people always ask me how I describe my music. First of all I tell them that's their job and then that also one day I hope to have things referred to as Martha Wainwright -esque.

It can often happen that motherhood can really stop a lot of women in their tracks and I wanted to try and keep working through that as much as I could.

Tomorrow always comes with a new hope for a new beginning. After all, it is a new day!

Maturity consists of no longer being taken in by oneself.

Truth comes out in wine.

How slender is the accommodation which nature has provided for man.

Awareness is a powerful catalyst for positive change.

Simplicity is always a virtue.

I loved fighting... It gave me the opportunity to prove myself, to stand up and say, 'I'm the best. I matter. I am.'

Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.

I feel like social media is a great thing. I try not to go on it too much.

It was essential to do this job, hateful though it was, because we knew the Germans were hot on the trail.