I became a musician so I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning.

Songs are kind of alive, I think; once you finish writing them, that doesn't mean that that's it for the song. It can have its own little life, I think.

Sometimes when you're trying to do a record too close to home, you can get really distracted.

I always try to do something different. I don't think I've made the same record over and over.

For me, there's a fine line between being a cheeseball and being a good performer.

The pop world is cool, but I never really thought of myself as part of it or wanting to be a part of it because I'm on a label that's not really like that. They're not trying to dress me up, they're not trying to do things like that. I feel like I'm sort of separate from that, actually.

I want to check the record books and see how many fathers and daughters have won Grammys together.