If you take your fear and mash it into something that's actually useful, then it doesn't feel like it wins.

My earth is somebody's ceiling

I don't like karaoke very much. I like being around it, but I don't like singing it. If I had to sing a karaoke song, it's usually "Son of a Preacher Man" by Dusty Springfield.

I think it was the perfect gestation time for this particular piece [ Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song]. One of the songs that I considered talking about was "Manhattan," because it was chronicling the end of a long relationship that was part of the reason why I moved from Los Angeles to New York, which was such a life-changing decision. I don't regret that it's not in there, but that's one that I considered diving into, and I have little piecemeal snippets of writing about that floating around

I feel like I'm on the precipice - just seeing a better version of me coming out.

So how do you do it, with just words and just music, capture the feeling that my Earth is somebody's ceiling?

I like seeing someone that can sing jazz and then flip over and sing a pop song and then sing a rock song.