Looking back on my career, some of the hardest times - eight people at a show, 12 people on a bus - were some of the most fun.

Once your career becomes about something other than the music, then that's what it is. I'll never make that mistake.

Everybody always tells you what an awesome and unique experience being a parent is. Words can never do the feeling justice.

I don't really get into that whole red-blue-conservative-liberal because I can't tell them apart. They all seem inept. So, for me, it's not something I focus on at all. I probably should be more political than I am. I just don't care.

I am very hopeful that my personal success in Qatar will ignite others, especially those in the so-called non-traditional sports, to try even harder because now they can see for themselves that significant achievements can be attained. But let me stress that it takes a lot of work - in fact, very hard work - mixed with very heavy doses of patience.

Throughout my career I have been an advocate for women, in all aspects of their lives.

I have not tried for a career that's showy. I have always tried to layer things in and not push it. I love an underperformance, where you're so entrenched in who that person is that you're living in it.

I am not super-attached to my career.