If I were to make an uneducated guess about L.A.'s relationship with folk and psychedelia, I would say it must be the weather.

I would say I am an amateur guitarist.

I started singing at age three - I opened my mouth some time, singing along to the radio, and my parents were like, 'Wow! You have a really great voice!'

It took a long while for me to even put out a record because there were so many options of how to do a song, and in some respects, I'm never totally happy with the outcome.

For me, songwriting starts with a melody. When a musician plays a chord progression, either the words and vocal melody come to me, or they don't. That's how I determine who to write with. It works, or it doesn't.

It was clear to my parents that I had the gift of voice, and they encouraged me to pursue it.