It's much harder to play myself. If I ever do a movie again, it'll be a singing serial killer.

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.

While the sun God will may your day, sing as a song in search of a voice that is silent, and the one God will make for your way.

I've found for the last couple of years that the things that I can become most deeply involved with are songs that reflect my real feelings about things and so that what I've been writing about.

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.

Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything.

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