I think songwriting has really helped me home in on what I like about myself and my art.

I think I feel inadequate in many sorts of relationships, whether that be a work relationship or a friendship relationship.

I think writing the first album, it just felt so spontaneous. I was 17 years old learning how to write songs for the first time and just pouring my heart out. I had so much to say.

I'm just constantly learning and growing at such a rapid rate.

What's so beautiful about music is that it can be so inspired by music that's come out in the past.

At the end of the day, I love making music and expressing myself and making things that inspire me. The fact that other people like it and are nominating it for Grammys and all that other stuff, it's icing on the cake.

When I left the work world, I started designing my dream house. I dived into architecture and bought seven vacant lots. My plan was to build one house, move in, and build the next. If the next was better, I'd move in and sell the previous one - so on and so forth.

My private work is touched by this destiny of understanding that architecture and engineering have a social character and can serve the community.

When I work on sculpture, I don't have to worry about function. When I work on a piece of architecture, I must think about function all the time.

Barcelona is a beautiful city. I love the buildings and the architecture and always enjoy being close to that. It makes sense as an art person to work in places like that, it always feels nice and creative.

I've always been a good student, made good enough grades to do well, and enjoyed a lot of different subjects. It wasn't until I went to architecture school, though, that I really loved school work.

I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.