One of my favorite dishes is this alfredo I make, and I make the sauce from scratch. I love making everything from scratch.

I love all things crafty. I love to make jewelry. I love to cut up old clothes and turn them into something new. I love projects like transforming a busted table into a shiny new table. I'm really into restoration and little side projects.

One of my dream collaborations is to work with Sade. I would love to work with Andre 3000, Miguel.

It was not cool to be that fun, bubbly kid, so I would just go off on my own and sing and make up songs, and that's how I think I developed into the kind of artist and writer that I am.

As soon as I could speak, I was singing. Before I could even speak full words, I would make up ones to sing and I have it on tape, too.

I think that's my gift in this world is to put experience into music.