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.

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

I don't want to be singing my diary.

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

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

Breaking up is just hard, even if you're the one breaking up. It's not fun. It can be dramatic and complicated. And then you get a little distance and you think, why did it have to be so complicated and dramatic?