If you look at my history, I'm not gonna let that many people into whatever I'm going through.

With Kevin [Drew], as I said, in his own way just told me You gotta find that person that talks to you in your songs. I think we succeeded. I feel relief, to be quite honest with you.

I first heard Heaven Without a Gun when Kevin [Drew] sent it to me, and there was this kind of beauty about it. I don't live that much in the literal world, so you kind of have to see beyond the veil of what you're being shown sometimes. To me, that's such a beautiful, wonderful sentiment.

I think with all of us, sometimes we're afraid to recognize that we're here.

I've lived a phenomenal life, and there's more life in me, but I'm here, I'm not yesterday, but all those yesterday's brought me here. So I'm very comfortable with that.

I have no regrets. I have not one single regret. I was born with a wonderful DNA where I felt that my life was not a race against someone else or another artist. It was probably internal.

I know that I can forever walk the streets, drive the freeways, and be alive knowing that I created something with someone whom I love so very much that is such a powerful force. I would love for people to hear it the way I hear it [Forest Green].

To be part of Kevin's [Drew] world, Who Came First is just kind of a magical symphony. If you're asking me what that emotional timbre what is my favorite, my favorite why is the question. The other songs also have a revealing quality, but it started with Sister OK.

I was going through some stuff regarding my mom and dad. There was 30 years difference [between them], so when you hear the lyric, Girl I love you / You know I do / And I do not doubt / That you love me too / But you're so young / Your life has just begun, that's what I was wondering. They were married for 44 years.

There are times when, for many years, I've been irrelevant - and it was OK! I had my moment. No one is responsible for anyone else's dreams. I don't need a babysitter. I just needed to know that I could do this. I just think that my happiest time or my best time, upon reflection, is that I had the courage to do this.

I just know I was part of a moment, and everyone showed up with love. I'm just blown away by this all but you can feel it in listening [Forest Green], and it's hard to listen 'cos sometimes life distracts you or you run away from listening. We didn't know what we were doing.

I don't come from a musical family and didn't go to Julliard or anything, but I had this kind of vision of stuff that was so powerful that I just needed to find it. I have no regrets.