There are so many emotions that you're feeling, you can get stifled by them if you're feeling them all at once. What I try to do is take one moment - one simple, simple feeling - and expand it into three-and-a-half minutes.

All you need to do to be my friend is like me.

Love is the one wild card.

I don’t think there’s an option for me to fall in love slowly, or at medium speed. I either do or I don’t.

I'm so lucky that my songs are basically my diary put to music.

I do write nice songs about the guys who are nice to me! Eventually, I'm sure one of them will write a response - that's a pretty scary concept, actually! But I make sure I only write bad songs about the ones who deserve it.

You know, Katie Couric is one of my favorite people.