I can make a song up about anything: garbage, the weather, things in the news.

I can make a song up about anything: garbage, the weather, things in the news.

I'm not one of those people who says, 'I never read reviews,' because I don't believe those people.

As I get older, I'm slowing down and, yes, calming down in my desire to be taken seriously. That I can be entertaining and funny and high nervous energy can work against me as a serious composer, slowly but surely you'll see me be quieter just so that people will listen.

There have been studies that clearly state that children who are exposed to arts education at a young age will in fact do markedly better in their SAT tests

I never took any vocal training

I still have great faith in what is good and right in all of us.