I used to like to set different film clips to classical music, not even my own songs, but make little movies.

Well, I mean, taking time for your art is taking time for yourself, isn't it?

Sometimes I wish I was a beautiful machine so I could resist your kiss and not cry when you're mean.

I have taken taking my music to labels for years, and everyone just thought it was creepy. They thought the images with the music were weird and verging on psychotic.

I entered a songwriting competition, I didn't win, and one of the judges on the panel was an A&R man at a record label that had no other acts and I signed to them. We sent my demo out to five people and David Kahne got back to me that day, and said I think you're amazing I want to start with you tomorrow. He was like my Harvard reach school, I couldn't believe it. I was really excited. It was the first time anyone of any importance said I was good and I ran with that validation for a long time.

I don't really care about how good a song is, I only want them to reflect what I felt when I was writing them

[About being a teenager] Like, at first it's fine and you think you have a dark side - it's exciting - and then you realise the dark side wins every time.