Songwriting is something I really need to work on. I don't have very many songs but I really love it. I would love to be a great song writer some day.

I've always loved to read. But sometimes I go for a year without reading, because I forget to.

I don't go about playing music differently. It changes my sleeping schedule and my drinking habits, that's what I like to say.

People think I'm really melancholy and romantic and all whispery. I'm not at all. I'm very direct.

I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal.

My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn't because I wanted to make simple music. It's because I don't really have the chops.

I try to just make music that I love, and if I believe in it that's all that matters.