A song will keep going round in my brain and keep me awake.

On the first album I was saying, that's just one part of me. And then I was thinking, well, am I going to hide the rest of me now just because I'm afraid of something? No. I'm just going to be myself.

The coolest thing I've gotten to do in the past few years is guest star on Sesame Street.

I would love to make a real jazz album someday because I never have. But that's something I'm not in a rush to do.

I think playing music is one of my great joys in life.

I'm in total control. I write the songs, decide what to sing and how to sing. I even control the recording process. But, with a film, there is no control at all.

It's important to keep indie record stores alive because their unique environments introduce music lovers to things in a very personal way.