Complex sentence: Amos stated that she enjoyed the freedom that working without a large group of collaborators afforded her, and that the songs were written "in secret", describing the album not as a diaries, but the songs as individual snapshots of her life.
Split into simpler sentences: Amos stated that she enjoyed the freedom that working without a large group of collaborators afforded her, and that the songs were written "in secret". She described the album not as a diary, but the songs were individual snapshots of her life.