Joss Stone has revealed she is "done" with performing to ensure her children remain grounded.
The singer, 35, is currently pregnant with her second child with boyfriend Cody DaLuz following the birth of 18-month old Violet.
During an interview on the Sweat, Snot and Tears podcast, Joss spoke candidly about moving to Nashville, having a miscarriage and her values as a mother.
She admitted she was uncomfortable with the thought of her children needing to feel "valid" like she had seen with "children of stars" when she was growing up but that does not mean she will leave the music industry for good.
"I just don't want to leave Violet, I just don't want to do that," she told hosts Annie O'Leary and Wendy Golledge.
"Touring with babies when they're small is completely doable. Cody works from his computer on the bus. He walks me to the stage with Violet. He goes back, gives her a bath and by the time I'm finished on stage, it's time to put her to bed. So it's perfect.
"For me, I've completely let go of it. I'll only be doing the touring stuff when she's going to school if I can't keep the lights on any other way because I'm good. I've done my touring."
She added: "I've wanted to be a mum for so long. This is the thing I want to do.
"My dream is to write for other singers. I can do that from home. So I could drop Violet at school, come home, write some songs and go pick her up. That's what I would love.
"If I can set my life up like that, that would be perfect."
While speaking about not having a place to call "home", she admitted that her and Cody were still looking to for a settled place to live as the coronavirus pandemic hit.
That has led the Devon-born songwriter to move to Nashville, where Violet was born and baby number two is due in October.
She said: "I did always think I would have my baby in Devon, in Exeter. That was, like, always in my head but I was here and I really liked the doctor even though he sometimes says things I don't always agree with.
"I really like him because he is really straightforward and he's a no-nonsense sort of chap, which made me feel really safe so I think when you get that relationship with your doctor or midwife, you don't really want to change it because you trust them."
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Joss also opened up about the trauma of having a miscarriage last October and explained the reasons behind announcing the tragic news publicly.
"It was the most awful thing I think that has happened ever in my life," she said.
"I didn't share it for a very long time but when I got pregnant again... I don't know, I felt like I did have a baby in me before and no one knew him.
"It was like say 'Okay yeah, we are having a baby again and it's so good' but it's like what happened to the little baby before?
"I think he was a he, I don't know because it was only nine weeks, but he was my little baby and now he's somehow still part of my world.
"So it feels like that if I was to mention this one and not mention him, it like not talking about one of your kids and that made me feel bad."
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