Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way.

Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way.

There was an enormous amount of pressure when my first album took off, and I struggled with the speed of everything and the exhaustion from the constant touring.

I'd done recordings, little demos, since I was in college, which I used to get gigs. But I never thought I'd have a record label.

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

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

For me making music is part social, part interaction, part collaboration.