I'm a winter girl. I like coming out when things are desolate and everybody's ready to slit their wrists.

My brother was a fantastic cheerleader for my development as a musician. He was almost 10 years older than me and would really push me to develop as a songwriter.

So, you can make me come, that doesn't make you Jesus.

Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes.

My parents think I'm better under pressure.

There's a richness to the old works if you look before the 1950s. The chord progressions and the language was more complicated, especially in the jazz and classical world.

I'm the thing that fundamentalist Christians cringe over.