I'm a total goofball.

I'm a late bloomer in music.

I'm a sucker for a love song!

Both my brothers are drummers.

I wasn't a very good salesman.

Im trying to learn how to cook.

I did jazz dance for a few years.

I moved to New York to pursue music.

I don't want to bury anything in poetry.

I'm a lot more secure than I used to be.

I only work with people that are mysteries.

I would love to work with PJ Harvey some day.

All the records I keep are like friends I visit.

I feel like I'm getting better at being a writer.

My goal is to become a therapist by the time I'm 50.

I'm a really strong person. I've no regrets in my life.

In my teenage years, there was a lot of angst going on.

Every time I re-perform a song, I gain some perspective.

I'm excited to go study and read and immerse myself in something.

Sadness isn't an emotion that most cool bands want to talk about.

Brit Marling is very positive, very professional, very encouraging.

I really hope that when someone puts my record on that they hear me.

Everything will be okay. I have a sticker on my laptop that says that.

You're the reason why I'll move to the city; you're why I'll need to leave.

I didn't start writing with band arrangements until I was working on 'Tramp.'

I've always been really shy. I was always afraid of any kind of confrontation.

'The Boatman's Call' is amazing; it's an album of love songs, really beautiful.

Everyone has their down days. Unfortunately, that's when I am the most prolific.

Life is too short to surround yourself with people who aren't looking out for you.

I'm still learning how to be comfortable touring. I haven't found that balance yet.

Most musicians are normal people who want to hang out and are really down to earth.

Don't ever feel inhibited. It's harder to censor yourself than to just be yourself.

I'm getting bored performing the same songs over and over. Songwriting comes and goes.

Performing a song is intense. When I see people connecting, it makes it all worthwhile.

I can't read notes well, but I can hear something and sing a harmony to it automatically.

I used to work at a label. I used to be a publicist. I used to be at a management company.

Music is still my main thing, but I will explore anything that's interesting and challenging.

Honestly, live is my favorite way of performing. Every show is a completely different energy.

I think leading up to the tour is the most stressful part because you barely have any time home.

You'd better have something good to say if you've got a roomful of people who've paid to see you.

If you work on anything long enough hopefully you’ll get better and I feel like we’re just growing.

I guess I usually write when I'm in a really intense headspace, because it's my form of self-therapy.

I realized that there's this fine line between being personal and being general and being alienating.

I'm really out of touch with myself emotionally. I've always had a hard time talking about how I feel.

I'm not a down-in-the-dumps person. I think some people assume that I am because of the music I write.

When I write, it's to heal. It's my own self-therapy so that I don't actually feel sad all of the time.

I'm still friends with most of my exes. There are only one or two people that I'll never talk to again.

I think, in general, I find writing to be very therapeutic and singing in itself to be really therapeutic.

I'm nervous performing because it's such a weird thing to do, standing on stage demanding people's attention.

I'm very democratic about stuff. I know what I want, but I also like getting opinions and people sharing ideas.

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