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

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

I try to just make music that I love, and if I believe in it that's all that matters.

Don't go chasing after butterflies, when everything you want is right by your side.

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.

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.

My mom and I have always been very close. She is my best friend. She had to make a lot of sacrifices early on in my life to make sure I got to do what I wanted to do.