“I got rung up to see if I was interested in writing songs with the Dixie Chicks and whether I wanted to meet Natalie Maines. We had breakfast one morning and I can honestly say I didn’t really know more than one or two songs of theirs but I loved their political stance. I thought it was brilliant that they were unapologetic and didn’t back down, and I knew they were great singers. It was intriguing and we sat down for two or three days and came up with this song. It’s something I’ve very rarely done but it’s good for you. It’s quite challenging though. Confronting. Because my approach is so random, I feel I’m slightly an imposter when I sit down in a room full of people.”

“This is a sad song that tries to be sweet ... It’s about my grandmother, my Nonna, who has Alzheimer’s. [As of 2008, she’d] been suffering from it for over 10 years.

It just seems like the worst way to end your life, when you can’t remember any of it. But she touched a lot of people, and we all remember. So this song is about that: It’s okay to forget, I’ll try and carry on. Because, when they first start realizing they are forgetting is the saddest time; they’re embarrassed. So it’s almost better when they don’t know what’s going on.”