The local music community here was dying for a place to record, so we started doing acoustic, folk and bluegrass and then did rock projects for other bands, as well as for my son Tal and my own work.

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

I think I've become more aware of aging in the last couple of years because of friends dying of cancer or friends' parents dying and myself - I'm still healthy, but I'm aging, and that's something that I think about more, even though I shouldn't be too concerned.

For me, being a woman suits what I want to talk about and what my audience wants to hear. Maybe I'm a dying breed.