I'm not doing this to be a pop star. I've had plenty of money and attention. I'm doing it for credibility.

I went through a huge transition in my life where everything and everyone I knew and trusted didn't turn out to be that way.

Mostly singing was cathartic, writing was cathartic, therapeutic. I don't think I had a goal, particularly, to sing or put it out there for anybody.

I have a lot of memories, but I don't go into capitalizing on that. Something's got to be my own. I'm not doing the record to sit here and broadcast my memories of my father.

I think I've failed every test I've ever taken. If there was a failure I would have been it.

I sit with the intention to write a record.

I've never even been out of my BMI range. I'm 5-foot-3. If I gain five pounds, it shows.