Not only am I putting music out there, I'm giving part of myself away.

I want to encourage people to make healthy life choices, whether it's training for a half-marathon, or eating more vegetables.

Since I don't feel like I belong solely to any one of them I find that it makes me even more interested and open to other cultures as well. It's also fun looking ethnically ambiguous because no one can quite put a finger on what I am and it's very entertaining to me!

I think a lot of singer-songwriters get compared to each other, but I'd like to think that what I'm doing is special and specific to me.

The potential success that could come with signing with a major label didn't quite outweigh how important it was for me to make my music the way I knew it needed to be made.

If you're looking to make a basic living selling and playing your music, the Internet is all you really need.

My two sisters and I sang all the time. Whenever we cleaned the kitchen, we sang in three-part harmony.