Emotionally, it was the hardest 33 days of my life, but it was worth it because the result is that this album is 100 percent me. It’s heartfelt, real, bold, honest, vulnerable, hopeful, strong, poetic, bluesy, gritty, pretty, and simple.

I believe if I knew where I was going, I'd lose my way.

You need to love yourself and be yourself one hundred percent before you can actually love someone else.

It felt very natural to me to write a Christmas song, but at the same time I had to really put all sorts of pressure aside and just let the creativity flow and see what came out.

Don't count the miles, count the I love you's!

It's all going to be okay.

My earliest memories as a child are listening to Beatles records, and they are a big part of how I've learned to write pop songs.