When you first start off, you see what other people have and quietly say, "I want that."

And even though people like to furrow their brow like they suspect you're not being honest about yourself, the truth is that they worry that you're not serving their idea of you.

At the end of the day, I don't release any records that I'm not proud to put my name on. I never got to that point.

I love traveling the States no matter what. I love traveling abroad, going to Japan and Australia. I love it. I never get tired of it.

For anyone that's ever had a musical breakthrough in their career, it's always followed by the departure period right after.

I feel like the downfall of any person is the second an artist starts celebrating their work themselves, that becomes problematic.

I do count on a changing of tides. All too often, what could be a critics' darling today becomes tomorrow's target. I don't want to be too blasé about it.