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 always related my favorite music to the movies.

I remember watching Looney Tunes cartoons and having the music stuck in my head.

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

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.

I didn't know how write a song, (verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus, bridge, verse), etc., and I didn't know how to write lyrics, so that's when I thought, well, I don't have to write a song with all those verses and choruses or lyrics. I can just sing everything the way I want to. So I sang all the instruments with my voice and just went with it.

I like things that start depressing and dark and end up romantic, and thats what I really loved about King Kong.