I don't write songs, play music and tour, really, for anyone else but myself. It's something that I have to do to stay alive.

My parents divorced when I was 3 years old. They had a lounge act in Las Vegas, where I was born. The band broke up and the marriage dissolved, and my mother, my sister and I moved to Southern California. And I didn't see my dad a lot growing up; he was on the road a lot. I'd see him every couple years.

When I sit down to write a song, there is no filter. I'm not trying to write for anyone or anything specifically. It's just trying to capture a little piece of your soul - even if it's a really ugly part.

I had a huge Lisa Frank sticker collection. I traded them.

I'm a late bloomer. It's taken me a long time to find my voice, and I think all the records I've made over the years, I was finding my voice, and that's part of the process.

My true social media passion is making creepy short movies on Instagram.

I grew up on Loretta Lynn and Dusty Springfield. I remember lying about it; it wasn't cool to listen to country when I was 12.

I think you kind of lose the human aspect when you make things too perfect.

I am in a constant cycle of selling my clothes at Wasteland and buying from Goodwill. Once or twice a year, I go through my closet and donate everything to Goodwill. It feels like I am recycling my fashion.

I am a child of digital generation. I have done most of the records with Rilo Kiley on computers, on Pro Tools or other digital programs.

I'm not trying to repeat myself or cater myself to one specific group of people.

It would be nice to create something that's healing rather than slightly creepy and darkly judgmental!

You can find me at three in the morning in my living room with a glass of wine and really bad '90s trip hop beats blaring from my headphones.

Insomnia is a very prevalent issue. It's a women's health issue, and I chose to talk about it because so many people have experienced it to varying degrees. For me, I'm doing great now, but it took a lot of work to figure out how to get back to sleep. I had to change some of my habits. I developed some pretty bad sleep ritual habits.

I'm obsessed with old rotary phones.

I never envisioned myself as a solo artist; I was always part of a band.

Sometimes things feel hopeless. Not always within my own life - but looking outward, it seems like rough times lie ahead of us. The world seems to be kind of caving in on itself in a lot of ways. But I try to look on the bright side.

Early on, my family really made me love who I was and what I looked like.

I think a lot about teaching my kids to work hard.

I like to maintain a certain sense of fantasy. At home, do I have the full hair and makeup? No. But I might have the nice dress on.

I would never speak about specifics in my own relationships because I think it's tacky.

Being an artist doesn't start because you're 21, and it doesn't end because you're 51. You are who you are until the day you die.

I've learned something about kids - they don't do what you say; they do what you do.

I think if you're in a committed relationship, unless you have some sort of an understanding, monogamy is something that should exist.