We do need to think about how we have security - everyone has a right to that - but we also need to think about how we maintain civil rights and personal freedom.
I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ.
Men are able to sustain a career into their 50s and 60s and still present themselves as sex symbols. With women, on the other hand, people say, 'Why doesn't she retire?'
My first record was almost not my first record.
As a child, I spent a lot of time at the library.
It all comes together. It's - that's the way it's always worked for me with songwriting.
There have been some gains made in terms of more equality for women in the workplace and in the way the legal system deals with issues of violence against women.
I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.
There are some concerns that are universal. Everyone wants to be loved, and everyone wants to feel like they belong somewhere in the world. Everyone wants to do something and feel like they have a sense of purpose. These are just the things that I think about and the things that make their way into my songwriting.
I think it's important, if you are an artist, to use your music to stand up for what you believe in.
