Theres so many other things to write about than unrequited love.

I don't keep a journal anymore. I did when I was a teenager, but now because I write about it all in my songs, that's what I'm really doing.

I feel like it's really kind of a sit-down album, much in the same way I imagine Billie Holiday or someone sitting down in the studio and singing.

I didn't grow up in a mom-and-pop, Ozzie and Harriet type of environment, but who did.

I grew up in a very literate, very independent household where people spoke their ideas and were very supportive of helping each other find their own way

Any time there's a major change, whether it's going into a relationship, getting out of a relationship, moving to a new city, a death - that usually provides a catalyst for an explosion of creativity.

Sometimes I dream song ideas. I write a song in my dream, the melody and everything. But then sometimes I can't remember them. I think later on, I probably do.