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

I genuinely don't feel that anything that's been written or said about me has overshadowed my music, and that's the most important thing as far as I'm concerned.

I used to be a jazz snob, believe it or not. I sort of turned my nose up at anything more commercial.

Making records is fun. It's not some big statement. You're allowed to make mistakes.

I make a good fried chicken.

I feel like all the songs are little scenes, different angles, of the feelings that come around something ending.

I remember early on, for instance, having to play wedding gigs, that I hated playing the music. Now I don't have to play music that I don't like. I only get to do what I enjoy, so that's pretty lucky.