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" I like to be in control of things. "

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" When something's ending, you go through so many phases, and it can be frustrating. But once you're out on the other side, it's like you can really see all the crazy phases you went through. "

" I used to be a jazz snob, believe it or not. I sort of turned my nose up at anything more commercial. "

" For me making music is part social, part interaction, part collaboration. "

" I think singing comes most naturally for me. Because it's part of your body - it's a natural thing. You can practice all you want but it's part of your body. "

" I really love things with melody. "

" A lot of pop people out there are cool, but they overdo it. "

" I don't want to be the next big anything. I just want to play for people and that's it. "

" What I was going for in the first two albums I didn't necessarily achieve. Because I was young and because it was my first time out. And the second album was such a 'quickie' sort of 'Let's just get it over with!' But the kind of music I make, there's a lot of subtlety in it. And I think it takes a couple of listens to actually really get it. "

" In college I had a weekend gig at a restaurant, a solo thing that was the best practice I could have ever had. That's where I learned to coordinate my singing and my piano playing. "

" I don't like shopping, and I like my clothes to be comfortable. "

" Coffee gives me bad breath. "

" I became a musician so I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning. "

" I make a good fried chicken. "

" People will read into what you say no matter what, so it doesn't matter to me. "

" It's true, there's a lot of melancholy in my music. I don't know why, I'm not a melancholy person. I've always been drawn to it. Ever since I was a kid, if I had an album I would play the ballads on repeat. "

" 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. "

" You would never catch me in a miniskirt. "

" I like my life. I like my friends. I don't want to go anywhere else. "

" I feel like I've been lucky, because I don't feel like I've ever tried to be somebody I'm not. People might disagree. "

" I could do without 'cool' publications calling me 'mom jazz.' But I laughed all the way to the bank, baby. "

" I'm not trying to conquer Hollywood. I love my day job. "

" Songwriting is something I really need to work on. I don't have very many songs but I really love it. I would love to be a great song writer some day. "

" I'm not a very dark person. "

" Success and the art of making music are two different things for me. "

" I think it's important for people who love music to retain physical CDs or even vinyl, because it sounds so great and so much warmer than music over the internet. "