I write songs from the heart, and I don't hold back.

I respect hippos. They just look the way they do; they can't do anything about it, but they don't seem bothered.

My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.

I really love jazz, but I will never be a jazz musician as much as I dream. But, I think that the jazz music I love is there in my music.

I don't talk about Amy Winehouse as a 'singer.' She's a pioneer. I listened to her endlessly when I started writing.

My parents encouraged us to commit to things, so if we wanted to learn an instrument, it was all the grades and all the theory.

Who made you the center of the universe?