I don't have control over how people choose to perceive me. The only thing I have control over is my writing.

Originally I considered myself a singer.

I think we do live in a very specialized society, where once you think about somebody as one thing, it's hard to change that. But I do a lot of things. I act, I write, I sing.

I think you can be mature without being grown-up. You can also be grown-up without being mentally mature. One of them is forced, while the other one is your choice.

The moment you make someone promise anything is the same moment you ask them to lie to you.

We are the most brutal with the people we love the most.

I like to say, jazz music is kind of like my musical equivalent of comfort food. You know, it's always where I go back to when I just want to feel sort of grounded.