I feel like I'm only in the beginning of my career. I've only made five albums. It's not a lot.

Everything that I make I use.

I had no idea 'The Hunger Games' was so big. I didn't even know the book. I had been living under my own rock.

I just need to know that I did the very best I could and that I was true to myself.

I never sit down to write. When I'm moved, I do it. I just wait for it to come. You just hear it. I can't really describe writing. It's in my head. I don't think about the styles. I write whatever comes out and I use whatever kind of instrumentation works for those songs...A lot of people don't listen to the lyrics, really. A lot of people pretty much only listen to the chorus.

When I hear music, it's visual; I see things.

My mother's side of the family is from the Bahamas, and I spent time there on and off when I was growing up. It's the place where I feel at peace.