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" I'm not going to play lead guitar in a concert hall full of people, because I'm going to mess up a lot. "

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" For me, there's a fine line between being a cheeseball and being a good performer. "

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

" Everyone in my high school was a bit nerdy. We didn't even have a football team. "

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

" 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. "

" A record is just a snapshot of where you are at any time. "

" 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. "

" I wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants. "

" Sometimes when you're trying to do a record too close to home, you can get really distracted. "

" I like to be in control of things. "

" I would love to make a real jazz album someday because I never have. But that's something I'm not in a rush to do. "

" Coffee gives me bad breath. "

" 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. "

" I love eggs so much. I feel like my day hasn't started until I've had eggs. I'm probably gonna die from high cholesterol! "

" I always try to do something different. I don't think I've made the same record over and over. "

" I'm a musician because I love it and it's supposed to be fun. "

" 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. "

" I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own. "

" Anyone can look pretty with hair and make-up. "

" I'm not a great piano player. "

" You would never catch me in a miniskirt. "

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" Nobody was listening when I learned how to play music. But there's something about being on stage, talking to the audience, looking at them and smiling, that's always been difficult for me. I'm a lot more comfortable now, but there are still moments of awkwardness. "

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

" Songs are about whatever you want them to be about. For me it might mean something completely different than what it means to you. So I'd say it's about whatever the listener thinks it's about. "

" It's fun to peek into other people's worlds and see how they go about doing things. "

" If you're a female and you get asked by someone who shoots the most beautiful female scenes to be in their film, it's kind of exciting. "

" I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal. "