I do have a large audience overseas, and I want to continue to be an international artist.

I don't pamper my voice. It's part of my body. If my body is rested and healthy, my voice is rested and healthy.

The lyrics aren't simple, either. They're extremely difficult because I'm trying to say complicated things in as few words as possible.

I had always sung in my dad's shop. I worked there after school, and I'd be singing along with the top-40 records of the day.

Very often the music comes first.

I suppose that being moved to write a song is more applicable to me, I have to be moved, I have to have a reason to write a particular song.

I don't feel I have to write deep and meaningful songs; they can be light and meaningless. It has to do with the place I am in my life, a really good place.