It's important to me that the words that I put out there into the cosmos, into the universe, be empowering or somehow positive for people that hear them, or maybe be cathartic if someone is having a relationship that's having a tough time.

A lot of the way I sing is playing off other musicians. It's what I love to do the most.

It's important to me that the words that I put out there into the cosmos, into the universe, be empowering or somehow positive for people that hear them, or maybe be cathartic if someone is having a relationship that's having a tough time.

I hold 'Mi Tierra,' my first Spanish-language album, very close to me because that was all done in my native tongue and won me my first Grammy.

I'm a writer and this is what I love to do.

I've got nine dogs, eight birds, turtles, fish and I had wallabies at one point.

I have great genes. Thank you to my mom and dad for that one.