People like to associate you with hard times and I pride myself on coming through them more than experiencing them.

A good song always has to do with the person representing it - how they're feeling in that moment - but I think my songs don't need to be exclusive in terms of gender or race or that kind of thing.

I think that I'm a powerful female, a young singer-songwriter with an energy that's not really been done before. I think that's what people need to know about, you know.

I'm always up for new places and new locations… I think it's the funnest part about the job.

Time travel is a wonderful thing, isn't it?

I clean my own utensils, my house and I even travel alone. I don't know what the life of a superstar is like.

The mobile market is exploding and it makes perfect sense for a media company like ours to create a real content destination for the billions of cell-phone users around the world.

Japan is the most intoxicating place for me. In Kyoto, there's an inn called the Tawaraya which is quite extraordinary. The Japanese culture fascinates me: the food, the dress, the manners and the traditions. It's the travel experience that has moved me the most.