I write to find out about how the world sings.

My early life was full of music because my sisters played the piano and I started playing at three.

I'd been trained as a classical musician, but also as a pop musician. My teacher made sure that everything was available.

The people who are going into music who hunger, they're going into pop music. There are some badass women who are ambitious and hungry and brave, and they're in pop.

I have never relied on anyone else for money since I graduated, and that made me feel grown up.

I write to find out about how the world sings.

My daughter is my greatest gift and, not to be corny, but my greatest teacher.