I find myself improvising a lot. But, sometimes I'll come us with a chorus or just one line and it will sort of hang out for a long time before it get's flushed out into a real living song.

I knew I wanted to be a performer really early on, like around 8 years old. I did tons of acting and loved being in front of people.

My folks are hilarious extroverts and have always been very supportive of all my artistic endeavors. I'm really lucky to come from such an encouraging family.

I have a lot of new music that I'm very excited about.

I think expression is at it's best when it comes from an honest place, so I always try to use my own life experiences, feelings, struggles, frustrations etc. as the catalyst for my song writing.

I'm always working on lots of songs at once. For me it's very emotionally driven.

Nothing beats performing live. For me, there's nothing better.

The single most sacred pilgrimage you will ever make is the one right where you are.

Public health and safety are my highest priorities.

It is dangerous to be right, when the government is wrong

...you belong here, and it’s time you realize it. No one put a Scarlet A on your chest. This church is for human beings, not saints and angels.

If we want a better original idea, we must generate our own before we screen others' suggestions.

There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.

As a child, I was taught that it was bad manners to bring attention to yourself, and to never, ever make a spectacle of yourself ... All of which I've earned a living doing.

I believe in God--in spite of God! I believe in Mankind--in spite of Mankind! I believe in the Future--in spite of the Past!

I write emotional music.

That's sexism, that is. Going around giving people girly presents just because they're a girl.

There are none of you, good doctors, could cope with my family anyway.

I'd like to be able to do complex math in my head. Any kind of adversity and I become very anxious, but if you're a robot, you have good equilibrium. I wish I was cooler under pressure, like a robot.