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 really don't pay too much attention; I don't go out of my way to read any interviews.

Well, I don't really concern myself too much with what other people make of my work.

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.

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

I think I'm a maker of songs, and songs are like films or a picture: You put them over there, and they have nothing to do with you.

There's so much you can do with laying words on a bed of music. You can completely change their meaning with the type of music or the way they're sung.