“For me, I always have looked at 'indie' as a term of 'independence.' Never associated a sonic gesture with that in the same way that pop music has always meant 'popular' to me; you know, it didn't define a sound.”

“In any relationship, there's gonna be conflict.”

“Everyone talks about how, in your 30s, all of these growing pains transition into wisdom and you feel more self-assured and confident, but I think I had a bit of a jump-start on that at 27.”

“Beyonce has set the tone as an aunt. I've set the tone as a mom.”

“It's so sad, actually, how teachers and parents tell their kids, 'You're never gonna be anything.'”

“When you think back in history about producers and artists or writers who've had good synergy, a lot of times they date, or they're married, or there's a friendship and a kinship.”

“Just going through a marriage and a divorce - which I essentially did by 21 - will give you an insane amount of perspective on life.”

“You get educated by traveling.”

“Any decision I make is based on myself, and the only person I have to give an explanation to is God.”

“There are a lot of historical lofts in Houston, and it's amazing for me that a lot of them were built in the 1920s. I love the exposed bricks and the very industrial stuff.”

“I'm happy that I have a beautiful, wonderful, amazing child who's made me a better person.”