There's a level of discipline I use as a writer, designed to get better at what I'm doing, that requires quite a lot of study and quite a lot of hard work as well.

Before I record for real, I know pretty much exactly how I want them to feel.

I had a chip on my shoulders 'cause I felt like I was being overlooked.

In college, I thought I wanted to be solely an artist, and then when I got here, to college, I was like, "Okay, well I want to be a songwriter," 'cause it was like close to Nashville.

I feel like "Not For Long" was one for me just because I got to work with two people that I looked up to...

I long ago learned that you can't expect people to interpret the songs in the way they had meant for you, as the writer.

I'm doing quite a lot of painting on stones - little funny fish and animals.