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The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
Divorce was very sad, obviously, but now I’ve gotten over it.
I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you’re not alone in the world.
It’s much easier to write when you’re sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from.
I’ve done a lot of partying in my time because I didn’t want to go home and I didn’t know what to do.
I can understand why some people might look at me and say, ‘What’s she got to be depressed about?’ I get that a lot in Britain, where mental health issues seem to be a big taboo.