I've always loved the fashion of the '30s and everything that came with the Art Deco era - the jewelry and the glamour.

Too many times you come across lyrics that sound like you've heard them before or you can't really relate to them. And I think that I write songs that sound fresh and sensual in kind of a layered, lush way. But I also think that they are real, and that's why I wanted to call the record 'Inside Out.'

Being yourself is one of the hardest thing because it's scary you always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are.

All the Hollywood bullshit and accolades and money really doesn't matter. It just gives you a slightly nicer house and slightly nicer food and slightly shinier hair.

It is very grand and sumptuous and awesome to look at but it was really about the characters for me.

I think of Gisele Bundchen to get myself on the treadmill

With social media and advertising and filters and FaceTune-ing it's hard to even to know what's real and what's not. So to see an image of a woman where you can actually see her face and her skin texture and she's still polished and beautiful or even glamorous with a nighttime look, but it still feels like a real person. I feel like that's the kind of beauty I want to applaud and align myself with.