It was definitely in my mind to do a solo album, but I didn't know it would take this long.

Before I moved to Brooklyn to pursue music, I was a high school dropout and speed freak who'd been living with her dealer boyfriend in Bucks County, Pennsylvania at 16.

Negative feelings can either lead to sinking into oneself and disappearing, or they can make you angry and want to prove that you're worthy to be in the conversation.

I do have a lot of references coming out of the '60s, '70s, and '80s, but I don't consciously think, "I'm going to put this here and this there." It comes out of my unconscious, and I don't want it to be just retro.

Certain people have the eye of the tiger, and I never was myself that kind of person, although I'm not a slacker.

I was pretty tough and serious in my 20s.

I think I am a late-bloomer. My taste in music just keeps getting better.