I love a card. You know, cards? At birthdays? I collect them.

I love a bit of drama. That's a bad thing. I can flip really quickly.

I love love songs. But I love pop music as well: Girls Aloud, Kylie, the Spice Girls, East 17, Mika.

I love hats! I collect vintage ones - I find them at antique shops in Kansas.

Sometimes with pop music, you have to see it to love it. With soul music, it's sparse. There's nothing that's pretentious or planned. It's just so gutsy.

It's warts and all in my songs, and I think that's why people can relate to them.