"I'm sort of getting into the idea of nourishing your inner aspect and doing that by investing in your family and making a meal and creating time together."

"I don't eat four-legged animals, but I eat birds, I eat cheese, I eat dessert. I eat everything."

"After I had the kids, I took a break from work, and all my creativity went into my kitchen. I like experimenting."

"When I venture out to eat, I like to go to places with food that I don't know how to make. So my favorites are Japanese and Indian. Indian food has so much layering of flavor, and the dishes go together so harmoniously."

"I love getting cookbooks - people will give them to me, and I read them like novels and file everything away."

"I really like cooking according to the season. I like to get creative with what's fresh."

"In Britain, they have a lot of laws to protect you, and we enforce them very strongly so that our children can stay private figures, and the British press leave us alone, which is great. It means we can go on the Tube into the centre of London because it's quicker and more fun for the kids. We can do normal things."

"I feel my dad, I still feel his love, and I still love him. I would do anything to have him back, but half the reason that my life is good, has real, true value, is that he died. I would obviously rather have him alive, but he gave me so much in his death."

"I wouldn't say I'm a mummy's girl, but I have grown to have a tremendous appreciation of her as a woman. I was very much a daddy's girl."

"Creating a meal for my friends and family, sitting together, eating, laughing and talking - that is when I am so happy. Oh my God, if you could see how much food I make - I am the original Jewish mother."

"I wanted so badly to have a backup plan for when I'm not performing anymore. Let's be realistic: it's not going to be like this forever."

"I'm like every other girl. I have to try really hard my whole life to try to be fit. And I'm super-vain."

"I thought that I was going to be like this earth mother. When people would complain about being pregnant, I was like, 'What are you talking about? It's incredible! Just enjoy it.'"

"I like the old, vintage Hollywood look."

"My songs are basically my diaries. Some of my best songwriting has come out of time when I've been going through a personal nightmare."

"Sometimes you have to sacrifice your performance for high heels."

"I don't have a strong sense of self-worth unless I'm doing something."

"I'm just, like, totally normal. The fact that any of this has happened, that we're sitting here at the Beverly Hills Hotel just gets me going, like, 'What?'"

"My mom always said I was the peacemaker in the family. My older brother, Eric, was the leader, the creative one. I was just his puppet."

"I was a different person before I started to write. When I realized I could be a songwriter and that people would listen - that was when I started feeling good in my life."

"I remember so vividly the first song I ever wrote. It was called 'Different People.'"

"It's superfun being a mom, but it's hard too."

"Finding that balance between work and family is the hardest thing I've ever done - by far."

"I've always been a girl who loves to dress up."