I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve; I write about them.

I was probably six years old when I first sang before an audience.

When somebody shows up and they believe in you, it makes all the difference.

I kind of hate the fact that people are always trying to put you into a category. I hate walls, and I hate boundaries. I don't like that. I listen to everything.

By 17, I had a whole band that would go in and play. It was called Spontaneous Inventions, after a Bobby McFerrin album.

I just want people to take a step back, take a deep breath and actually look at something with a different perspective. But most people will never do that.

I went back and listened to the first three albums I made and tried to figure out what was special about them, why people keep going back to them. I think it was because I didn't know what I was doing. I had no idea if they were going to play it on the radio or anything. All I did was write songs, so that's what I got back to.