You know, when you have a father who’s pretty well known but you don’t see him, the last thing you want to do is start talking about him all the time to people.
I just want to keep making music, recording and trying different things. I don’t want to do the same thing all the time.
I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn’t even expect to get a record deal.
If I were a painter I would paint my reverie If that’s the only way for you to be with me.
During my first photo shoot, I was unhappy because they put so much makeup on me and straightened my hair. I’ve been stubborn ever since.
I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own.
I’d done recordings, little demos, since I was in college, which I used to get gigs. But I never thought I’d have a record label.
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.
Coffee gives me bad breath.
When I moved to New York, I fell head over heels back into country music and probably ’cause I missed something about Texas.
Designers send me clothes I wouldn’t feel comfortable wearing.
For me making music is part social, part interaction, part collaboration.
Everyone in my high school was a bit nerdy. We didn’t even have a football team.
Maybe I’m genetically more inclined to music – but the music I make is so far removed from Indian classical music. I grew up in Texas!
A lot of pop people out there are cool, but they overdo it.
I could do without ‘cool’ publications calling me ‘mom jazz.’ But I laughed all the way to the bank, baby.
I love film, and I would love to be a part of something that people universally love as a piece of film. Sure. Of course I would. And I would love to take acting lessons, and see that side of it someday. But I’m a musician.
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.
I’ve learned now to talk, act or walk famous. I can still walk around New York, without being molested or bothered. I don’t mind autographs – that’s part of it. I just do not see the point of being “out there” or behaving outrageously. It will bring nothing but trouble.
I’m in total control. I write the songs, decide what to sing and how to sing. I even control the recording process. But, with a film, there is no control at all.