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Both of my mom's parents were music teachers, so I got a lot of knowledge about everything from classical music to jazz to musicals.

I wanted to explore the connections between different kinds of music.

One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes; you move to places you wouldn't if you knew better.

I'm a very musical person.

I'm a musical genius.

My music is an extension of who I am and what I went through and what I know musically.

I didn't know anything about music when I started a band. I barely knew how to play a guitar. I didn't know how to produce records. I learned how to play bass guitar and keyboards in Rilo Kiley. I picked up a lot from my collaborators.

I did a lot of musicals when I first started my career, so I can carry a tune well.

I am in musical theatre, but it isn't necessarily what I listen to in my leisure time, do you know what I mean?

I never played music, but it's an important thing ... the studying, the inspiration.