My songs are not pretty. They're what I call optimistic realism.
I sang and wrote songs when I was 12 years old.
When I grew up, there were no songs about gay people.
I'm singing background on one of Blondie's songs on her new album.
Is there a silent song in your heart, that is screaming to be heard?
Europe is weird songs that would never make it in America.
I have yet to write that one song that defines my career.
What good is a song that doesn't break your heart?
I wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor.
To me, the lyrics of the song define the kind of style it is.
Love is a song, written in your heart.
People naturally change a lot during their 20s, so my songs reflect that progression.
Yes, all my songs come from personal experience and relationships.
Everything starts and ends with the song, and working with writers and really learning their process and craft was an invaluable experience.
A Schubert song, the A-major chord at the opening of Wagner's 'Lohengrin' - such incredible beauty is a mystery, the divinity of music.
My favorite songs change every year.
But Dad and I are the only father-and-daughter acts who have both had No. 1 songs in England.
There's gonna be a lot of great songs, but there ain't going to be another 'Trap Queen.'
We'll do a crazy video of a great song that people can actually dance to.
It took me a long time to learn how to write a good song.
A good country song takes a page out of somebody's life and puts it to music.
