“But now, I’m in my 30s and those children that grew up listening to me have grown up and I’ve always felt like, it was my responsibility to be aware of kids and their parents and all these generations and I’ve felt like it stifled me. I felt like, in a sense, I could not express... everything. I’ve done so many things in my life, in my career, that at this point, I feel like I’ve earned the right to be me and to express any and every side of myself.”