The first song I wrote was the first song I remember thinking, "Well, maybe I can do something here." The very first one. By the second one I knew I could do something.

My name is Luka I live on the second floor. I live upstairs from you, yes, I think you've seen me before.

That said, I've never thought the fact that I'm a woman was important to my work.

I always thought that if I was popular I must be doing something wrong.

I had some fears as a kid, but I was also relatively fearless. Maybe that's a result of living half the time in reality and the other half in fantasy.

I was the oldest child, and both my parents worked, so I had a great deal of responsibility from a very young age.

It's striking how commercially viable that impulse for instant intimacy is right now, especially in songs and writing.