I didn't want to recreate an old song, like Missy (Elliot) or Madonna. The black-and-white ad has become an American tradition,

Waiting for My Rocket to Come.

They need a new song like a new religion, music for the television,

I won't give up on us

It's from being melancholy and having my human down experiences that I learn, that I overcome, that I transform - and these realizations I put into song. That's what I choose to put in my backpack and carry with me around the world.

There's a certain feeling of giving, a certain feeling of generosity in love songs. When you sing a song of love, you're actually giving something to yourself, too. You're singing and casting these affirmations of love out into the universe.