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

I would worry if I wasn't coming up with ideas, if I wasn't inspired.

I feel a lot more comfortable being me these days. I'm constantly told that my work is good. A lot of fans and a lot of other artists say my songs and albums mean a lot to them. Isn't that what's important?

So few people are truly themselves when they're in the spotlight.

I started writing little short stories and poems as soon as I learned to read and write. I think I was six years old. And then when I got to be eleven, twelve, and into my teens, I was just listening to records all the time, and I got a guitar. I started to take guitar lessons when I was twelve.

It's easier to write songs when you're single.

I usually have an idea of how I want a song to sound, but I don't always know how to get there