It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.

I started singing when I was five. I grew up the youngest of four kids who all studied classical piano, so you could say I've been listening to music ever since the moment of conception.

I like the music. I don't like the business. I get very tired of the travel and moving, constantly moving. But the hour-and-a-half that I'm making music, I'm one of the happiest people on earth.

I think I have allowed my voice to experiment with the different genres. And I think that I have just really enjoyed the journey of getting to know my voice and seeing what it's capable of, what it's not capable of.

It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.

My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.

Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss.