I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own.

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

I don't try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it.

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

I feel like I've been lucky, because I don't feel like I've ever tried to be somebody I'm not. People might disagree.

In college I had a weekend gig at a restaurant, a solo thing that was the best practice I could have ever had. That's where I learned to coordinate my singing and my piano playing.

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.