I'm still a really shy performer and can't wear high heels and need to be with bare feet.
My son's birth was pretty life-shattering, in good ways and bad ways. I realized that I needed a doula because I'm not close to my mom, and I don't have a lot of people in New York.
I'm not like, 'I'm a famous doula.' I'm a doula. I'm trying to find a way to get rid of the stigma around 'You're the singer; You're the actor' - we have to be able to do more than one thing.
The idea of windows, that's so symbolic to me within labor. And I'm always opening windows during a birth. If someone's been in labor all night and they're exhausted and sort of over it, opening a window or drawing a curtain can change the game. And sometimes the doula is the first one to suggest it.
I had, like, four Sigur Ros records on my playlist when I was in labor.
I moved to the States from London when I was 12 years old. My father was in a band and wanted to tour, so we moved here, but it wasn't until I moved to Williamsburg and had my son that I felt like I finally belonged.
I grew up always around music through my father - I would play in music studios with him as I was growing up - and my high school, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts.
I put on a little bit more makeup when I perform.
Lipstick just makes me feel like I can't talk, like I am going to suffocate - like I've been locked in a cupboard and can't get out. I'm so aware of it.
I grew up around a lot of artists and people passing through. I learned so much from them. I felt the safest with them - and the most endangered.
I had to learn to respect the relationship my son had with his father outside of the three of us.
'In Ear Park' perfectly encapsulates the beauty of youth for me.
Big Thief is destined for greatness.
I have always been more of a truth-seeking person since I was quite young.
What I learned is that it's very hard to have both a family life and a touring life simultaneously.
The work I do when I'm not making music is very much about service, helping women give birth or aiding in family planning.
People should listen to my music if they just want to know me better.
I try to wear a dress and heels when I want to make more of an effort and be a bit more feminine.
In my family, it was always encouraged to become a creative person. I became a doula instead, then I married an actor, and my sisters became famous almost overnight.
My dad was such a music fan that the only way to really hang out with him was to sit in a room and listen to music.
