I'm sorry to myself, for treating me worse than I would anybody else.

Looking for approval or blaming others or feeling like a victim. Whenever I feel myself doing that I try to stop and see myself as someone who's a creator in more ways than just what the word typically means.

Is she perverted like me? Would she go down on you in a theatre?

In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.

When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.

I'll be writing songs till I die. There's just no question.

If I could sell 500 million records every time, it would be great. But I've also had the luxury experience of having it when I was a teenager, in a very kind of model version of it.