“When I moved to New York, I fell head over heels back into country music and probably 'cause I missed something about Texas.”
Music
“The pop world is cool, but I never really thought of myself as part of it or wanting to be a part of it because I'm on a label that's not really like that. They're not trying to dress me up, they're not trying to do things like that. I feel like I'm sort of separate from that, actually.”
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“For me making music is part social, part interaction, part collaboration.”
Music“I wasn't very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me, it was all about jazz.”
Music“I could do without 'cool' publications calling me 'mom jazz.' But I laughed all the way to the bank, baby.”
Cool“A lot of pop people out there are cool, but they overdo it.”
Cool“I just want to keep making music, recording and trying different things. I don't want to do the same thing all the time.”
Music“I love slow music.”
Music“I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own.”
Music“A lot of my music is slow and subtle. The subtly is what I enjoy about making music.”
Music“My mom and I have always been very close. She is my best friend. She had to make a lot of sacrifices early on in my life to make sure I got to do what I wanted to do.”
Mom“I genuinely don't feel that anything that's been written or said about me has overshadowed my music, and that's the most important thing as far as I'm concerned.”
Music“I didn't think it was fair to my music to label me as the daughter of somebody - I didn't think it described me very well and I didn't think it had anything to do with my music.”
Music“Success and the art of making music are two different things for me.”
Art“I try to just make music that I love, and if I believe in it that's all that matters.”
Music“I don't think I'm a great songwriter, but I think I've learned a lot about it, and I don't think there's any one way to do it. I don't think I can control it at all. I can just kind of hope that it happens.”
Hope“I don't actually have a lot of discipline. I've worked hard at music. But I feel like you know, I felt like kind of natural at it. I always had a knack for it.”
Music“Sometimes when you're trying to do a record too close to home, you can get really distracted.”
Home“My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn't because I wanted to make simple music. It's because I don't really have the chops.”
Music“I love my dad and we have a very good relationship now.”
Dad“The pop world is cool, but I never really thought of myself as part of it or wanting to be a part of it because I'm on a label that's not really like that. They're not trying to dress me up, they're not trying to do things like that. I feel like I'm sort of separate from that, actually.”
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