I do tend to look at my phone—I will do last-minute things right before bed, but I would like to not do that. It’s something I’m working on.
Are you very particular with your bedding?
Yes. I like to keep my room cold, set at 68. I love to sleep cold because I like to have blankets. I like to have more than one blanket because I like the weight—but I don’t like a weighted blanket. I like quilts more than I like a duvet–I just can’t stand having to put a cover over a duvet—it just drives me crazy.
For sheets, I have these really soft sheets, I think they’re from West Elm. They’re like those Tencel sheets in blush. Right now it’s a blush—everything is blush with a touch of sage. It’s very calm; there’s no TV in the bedroom. It’s a place for sleeping.
What kind of pillow case do you sleep on?
I have a special pillowcase. When I was little, I didn’t have a blankie, but I would take the pillowcase off my pillows and I would just carry it around the pillowcase—at some point, she just stopped putting a pillowcase on my pillow.
I then became very attached to this one type of pillowcase from the seventies. I have managed to find replicas of it on eBay and Etsy, and so I have this little collection of them that I’ve been keeping, and I wear them all down till they’re practically see-through, and I have a backup already ready to go. I technically still have a security blanket, but I have a security pillow—I’ve slept on the same pillowcase design my whole life. I’m very sentimental.
Do you prefer black-out shades or to rise with the sun?
I have blackout shades. That keeps me in bed until, well, if my daughter doesn’t wake me up, I can probably stay in bed till eight or nine.
What kind of pajamas do you like to wear?
I sleep naked.
Do you always set an alarm?
I don’t always. I have two dogs who sleep in the bedroom with me, but they have a crate—I can’t let them sleep on the bed because one of them chews things and I’ll wake up with holes in my cover. They will wake me up because they’ll hear something and bark.
What’s the first thing you do in the morning?
First thing’s first, coffee! I have a coffee, and then I have one of those 32-ounce water bottles. I also drink Athletic Greens and collagen, and when I’m performing, I’ll use an electrolyte packet and I make a sort of concoction. I’m working on that right now!
And in honor of Once Upon a Mattress, soft or firm mattress?
I don’t like the foam mattresses, it feels like you’re sleeping in clay. I would say I’m more on the firm side? Medium to firm.
