We just did a few takes of a song and just picked the best one. It was real organic and genuine.

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

I'm an artist first and foremost. So things are gonna go up and down and sideways and whichever way all through life.

The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried as much about their voice sounding perfect. They would make the song kind of fit their voice.

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 started writing more with my voice in mind.

I'm pretty much the same person I was 20 years ago. My politics haven't changed. I have the same feeling of idealism. But I am a little bit wiser and more experienced.