Her musical role model is Hubert von Goisern. Other influences include Eva Cassidy, Tracy Chapman and Norah Jones.
Has stated that her lyrics are in the Bavarian dialect "because of the feeling" and that she would not be able to express her feelings in standard German, let alone English.
She and her husband have a son (b. September 2010) and a daughter (b. January 2014).
Whoever seriously wants to make music and has something to tell has no business in these singing talent shows.
[2007; on playing shows at the 2006 Oktoberfest which she says was the toughest experience in her career so far] 12 hours of singing [per day] in a smoky beer tent and entertaining the drunk guests.