My family life, my adoption - it could be related to the songs, but I think the songs are deeper than that. They're not just about this experience.

I listen to tapes a lot. I have a car that only (has a cassette player). I like the nostalgic factor.

I feel really good about the future and working with people.

I enjoy singing the songs a certain way, but I don't even know how the writing even began. To me, it's work that is kind of invisible; it's a weird kind of work to have because you're not working, but it's not not work. Formulating your thoughts and making a melody that's catchy enough for people to listen to what you're saying is really hard!

I'm sure that the meaning of the songs that I've written will change for me over the years, the same way that I can't even say what inspired some of the songs that I've been singing for a long time anymore.

In the music industry, it's pretty easy to make an album just because you want to keep going, like, 'This is the formula.' But the formula is your life. You have to live your life and you have to live it well - that's the formula.

I just want to scream: "I'm being honest, I swear!" Maybe it's embarrassing, but I don't care anymore.