Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.
I was really inspired while I was pregnant and I wrote a whole album for my baby. I wanted to write a kids album that didn't annoy parents. I used The Beatles 'Rocky Raccoon' as sort of a starting place for my writing.
I don't exist without writing.
I didn't mean to be a songwriter; I just was writing for fun, you have all day to do it. I was homeless so that's all I had to do.
I personally feel the most vulnerable when I write. That's where I learned to tell the truth when I was young.
Writing with privacy is paramount. You must feel free to admit to yourself your deepest, darkest secrets and true feelings.
