I went to college and stage school, and thought about acting, but... I just don't like actors very much! They're not as fun as musicians.

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.

Without art, a film is pure wastage of time and resources.

Men command fewer words than they have ideas to express, and language, as Jean Paul said, is a dictionary of faded metaphors.

You learned to run from what you feel, and that's why you have nightmares. To deny is to invite madness. To accept is to control.

Environment' is a term that creates no pictures in the mind, which is why I have begun to use 'natural world' or 'living planet' instead.

There are no inanimate objects.

Maybe life on earth could be heaven, doesn't just the thought of it make it worth a try?

Nothing is too beautiful, nothing is too expensive.

Therapist’s dilemma: those who need help the most, run the farthest from it.

School gives you the freedom to explore different philosophies, religions, aspects of yourself, and subjects.

My dogs are a priority and a big responsibility... but the payoffs are well worth it