I never played coffee shops; I just played a lot of coffee shop-sized venues. I took every venue I could get my hands on.
I'm never gonna be somebody who's gonna fall down from the sky on a trapeze. That's not me. I really want to make sure that my focus stays on connecting with the audience.
I have a tendency to become very self-critical.
I have been very fortunate to be a part of tours with other artists that have exposed me to new places that I've never been before. Once you discover something beautiful, you just want to keep coming back.
If you take your fear and mash it into something that's actually useful, then it doesn't feel like it wins.
I wasn't Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson. I wasn't Tori Amos or Norah Jones. Nobody knew what to do with me.
