I wrote my first song when I was twelve on the piano.

Pain is a huge gift. It can expand you like nothing else. If you can embrace it and sink into it, you'll get to the point where you can bend and transform your experience of it. Having some sort of creative outlet to do that is another gift.

Flute was actually my first instrument. I had a year of lessons and then stopped after feeling like I was going to faint all of the time.

I immediately target sadness and conflict and disruption in life.

Conflict is a great thing to start with. For me as a songwriter, I am constantly trying to solve problems.

I don't really usually write sort of a cheerleader-type lyric.

I wish you health, and more than wealth, I wish you love