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The first song that I ever recorded was written by my mother.

My mother wrote lyrics and sang but was overtaken by life with four children and worked.

I think that the old Mothers started that trend of rehearsing long hours. We went as long as the later bands did except we didn't get paid for it like they did.

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

Writing songs was like my ticket to the world, I think.

I grew up in the era of Britney Spears, where artists had songs written for them, and you got up and sang them. That's how I always thought it was.

I used to think that all great recordings happened at about 3 A.M.

My mom has every issue of 'Billboard' I've ever been in.

When my mother left her second husband, she wrote her autobiography and presented it to him for his approval.