I am so proud to be in a musical that celebrates women, that celebrates their strengths and their differences.

The cool thing is that, unlike film, the theatre roles for women get better and better as you get older.

With young people, I always say, 'You're not doing anyone any favours by withholding your power.' As women, we do that a lot because we are afraid of being misunderstood or perceived as too strong. But the older I'm getting, the more I realise you have to let that go.

I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown, pop - and that inspired what kind of music I started to write.

You get to relive your childhood when you have a baby and you see these toys and these books you read when you were little - the innocence that you are able to maintain because you have to find that again in order to connect with your child keeps you in a special state of mind.

I don't think I ever really knew the right words to 'Hava Nagilah,' which isn't great for a Jewish singer.