I'm not an autobiographical writer, but I am a writer who deals with human emotion on all levels.

I'm a very private person, so obviously I don't enjoy talking about more personal matters. But at the same time I care very much about my work and I would like people to know that it exists. So I appreciate that there's a meeting point, where I would like people to know about the work that I'm doing, and that requires me to talk about it.

I don't hold onto anything, because it's a waste of energy to do so, really. There's nothing that I can do about the way people want to write about me. I just try and concentrate on my work and do that as well as I can.

I was like just writing and writing and then I kinda developed my sound. And then, my managers were like, "Okay, we're gonna try to get a deal." And then first it was Interscope, and then it was Atlantic. And then, I ended up signing with Atlantic, but it was like a long process, a really long... it was A LONG PROCESS. I feel like it took me two years to do it.

There is a thread connecting you no matter how far away you are from someone and you know I have two or three relationships in my life that are like that.

I did photography, painting, and drawing, but I prefer sculpture. I like it because it's very physical.

Most of the stuff that I do talk about, about being counted out and being an underdog, 'cause that's what I feel like I am.