My grandparents on my mom's side played in a mandolin orchestra. So when I hear mandolins, I automatically think of them.

You have to be a poet to know how to write a song with lyrics.

Harmony has always come very natural to us because we started singing harmony at an early age. We heard a lot of different music growing up.

I always related my favorite music to the movies.

I put out Imaginaryland, I heard a lot of, "Oh she's copying Laurie Anderson," and I was like, wait... but I don't know her music! Maybe - didn't she have a song called "Superman"?

I just recorded in studios, you know, people pressed the buttons for me. So I just started recording the bass lines and guitar parts with my voice, covering classical pieces, or just making up melodies so I could learn how to use it.

When we were on breaks from recording and touring, I was kind of moping around, like not knowing what to do. It was hard to adjust back to normal life after being so busy.