I like songs with a lot of heart and feeling and subtlety.

I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal.

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'm super-fortunate to have any fans still.

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

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.

I don't actually have a lot of discipline. I've worked hard at music. But I feel like you know, I felt like kind of natural at it. I always had a knack for it.