I love life. I truly love life. I am grateful each and every day for this miracle, and I have remained hungry. I've remained inspired. I love making music as much as I did when I was in high school. 

My last album came out of nowhere. They all do – my job is to be a good antenna and be ready to receive the signal that's being transmitted to me. The album happened during the pandemic, at a time of pretty much complete isolation. I was in the middle of beautiful nature and all of this joyous music came to me. Going into a studio was this incredible experience of, ‘What magic could happen today?’ I'm grateful for that feeling because I know people that have lost that. 

It's very hard to know what I'm going to put on before I walk on stage – because I have to feel it. I always start with the pants and the boots. I ground myself, I feel comfortable, and then I build it from there. I like to mix things that are very grounding with very glamorous elements. But that balance has to be right. If I put on an outfit where the whole thing is glitzy, I don't like it. I like to blend those two elements: for example, an old pair of jeans that feel like a second skin, an old vintage belt that's got some personality, and an old pair of boots, but then mixed with a fabulous top. I like to mix masculine and feminine, for lack of any better terms. I like to mix vintage with new things. And I feel the balance when it's right.

Listen to your voice. I'm attracted to people who have a style nothing to do with what I like, but that’s authentic to them. I love it because I think, ‘Wow, I couldn't do that, but you can, and it looks correct on you.’ It's about all of us embracing our individuality. We all have our gifts. You have a gift, or a set of gifts, that I could not dream of having. The advice that I was given was to do your thing, and not worry about what the next person is doing. I love that, but it's not the easiest thing to do in a world that's trying to get us to follow the crap, you know?