I'm young. You can't just sit there and be satisfied. People are like, "You've got all these number ones!" "Yeah...what else?" It all translates into money, and that's how people think of being successful, but my success, I feel like, is credit - credit for a good job. I haven't even gotten a Grammy, yet I've already decided I want an Emmy.

My songs are my hookers. I can't worry about how they are going to be treated; they just need to bring home the bacon.

You have to break your fingers to learn how to play guitar.

I tend to sing opera and showtunes in the shower. I don't know why, but when I get in the shower I turn into this big fat opera lady.

I feel guilty because I want to act more than I want to write songs. I'm a person who likes to transition; I like to grow.

I try to reach for the stars because if you say you want something small and it happens, you don't believe it. So I try to say something wild and crazy.

I've done so much songwriting and I know how to do it.