For a young artist to really make it and make money is a lot more difficult these days.

I don't like shopping, and I like my clothes to be comfortable.

I wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants.

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'm ballsy. Well, sometimes I'm ballsy.

I like records that flow really well and you don't have to skip around because there's lot of different jumps.

There's a lot of personal stuff that can go into songwriting but there's also a lot of dramatization and fictionalization. You have to do that to make a good song.