And my music is always such a release of what I feel inside, an impulse.

When you fall in love, you become weak.

People don't really understand who I am. They always think that I'm very dark or depressed, but it couldn't be further from the truth!

As a child, I was always making sound; it was a compulsion. I loved to scream and yell and sing; it freed me from all the thoughts in my head. I begged for opera lessons because opera singing is the most formidable, most emotional way to use your voice.

The only reason I would write a break-up song is because my own problem of allowing myself to relate to people.

No matter what you do, if there's something you're afraid of, you need to break through it.

I think I'm making music that's pretty universal.