It's like sometimes, you can just lay back and it takes the pressure off of you.

When you're making records, you develop, and so you hear the things you want to move away from. It stings a little, but you know, you gotta own it too. You've got to just go, "You know, I wasn't afraid to learn in front of people, so I give myself a little credit for not being afraid of anything."

Everyone has to kind of fend for themselves.

Making music makes me feel vulnerable in the best possible way. It gives me a feeling of balance.

You're not supposed to totally know what's happening. The songs are supposed to give you clues so you can fill in the blanks.

I was raised to be modest to the point of fanaticism. In my family, we don't talk about ourselves to each other. Vanity is considered the worst possible sin. I've gotten better about having to describe things. If you're going to make a record and people are going to write about you, it's your responsibility to answer questions. It's validating - I'm just very clumsy.

I tried to have more than one emotion on the record.