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I was born to a home full of music. As a kid I roamed the mountains of Hawaii, swam in the Pacific every day, wrote poems about the sea creatures I met, and got my first little Casio keyboard in an age of fantastic keyboard riffs on the radio. I started picking out the tunes that would get stuck in my head--"Axel F" was a standout favorite.

In eighth grade, in Austin, I joined the treble choir. One day we were singing Mozart, and when we broke into parts for the first time I stood frozen, rapt, as if the world had just been reborn all around me. And it had.

I started learning to play guitar when I started high school in California. I listened to all the music I could find: I found Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Janis Joplin, Richie Havens, Simon & Garfunkel. For my 15th birthday I was given a pair of big black boots and a copy of Led Zeppelin IV, and my friend Sarah whispered in my ear: "You're a boot girl now. Your whole life is gonna be different." And it was.