You know, when you have a father who's pretty well known but you don't see him, the last thing you want to do is start talking about him all the time to people.

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.

Music is fun. It should be fun. And that's the key, I think. Keep it as the thing you love.

I hope there are some audiophiles still out there.

When something's ending, you go through so many phases, and it can be frustrating. But once you're out on the other side, it's like you can really see all the crazy phases you went through.

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

It's true, there's a lot of melancholy in my music. I don't know why, I'm not a melancholy person. I've always been drawn to it. Ever since I was a kid, if I had an album I would play the ballads on repeat.