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My mother tried to teach me when I was a small child to sing but failed because of my inability to carry a tune.

My mother features quite heavily in a lot of my songs.

My mom is a very religious woman. So when I began recording music, I was afraid she wouldn't accept it. But when I played her a song, she loved it.

I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her.

My mother was pretty strict. I hated it, but maybe it made me a bit more sensible.

My mother was always fascinated with the fact that I could rhyme so much stuff.

I've been writing songs all my life. My mom said I wrote my first song when I was two.

My mother had no idea that her daughter would turn out to be a writer, but she would not let me go through a day of my childhood without music.

My mum was a music teacher. I've got three sisters, and we all played instruments when we were kids.