Pegi Young

“In the immediate aftermath of the separation I just wrote and wrote and wrote. And wrote and wrote and wrote. Thank God I had that as an outlet.”

“You know, when you break it down, 'Broken Vows' is, if anything, more about my parents divorce. And 'Starting Over' was written after I went to a funeral.”

“But you know, I really like to present the songs on an album as a story, as something thematic, rather than something you'd put on a random shuffle.”

“Be authentic, be true, sing what's in your heart.”

“I came into my own, you might say, in terms of putting out my first record quite late in life. And yet there's some authors and photographers and even probably recording artists that didn't really hit their stride until their mid-50s.”

“I was on my own for a long time before I married Neil, and now I'm on my own again. I've kind of gotten over the separation and divorce. I'm capable. I can do this.”

“But I like the small places myself. I mean, you know you can really feel it, and for me the music just goes really well in the smaller places.”

“It's not about making it perfect, it's about letting it be real, sometimes raw and flawed, as long as it's true.”

“I had to figure out at 61 years of age: 'Holy moly! Who am I?'”

“I'm certainly not the only person to have gone through a divorce. I'm not the only person who's had heartbreak.”

“Take the high road, that's my approach.”

“Loss and heartbreak are pretty universal.”