And once I gave myself permission to not write, it was almost like I couldn't stop writing. I decided I would go and do Broadway and reflect on what this album was going to be. Moving to New York helped me realize that and verbalize it. By camp I mean this setup where you have two days writing with one person, then one day writing with another person, and you're creating so much material without ever … coming back to it and getting it to that higher place. I never quite lost it, but it was a little harder to tap into it in with the way some of the L.A.
I'd want to be Jenny in "Forrest Gump." I came across one interview where you mentioned that working on this record brought back the spark that writing songs gave you when you started out. If you could travel back in time and cast yourself in one of his films, which would it be? Ooh. Of course that'd be a dream come true, but I don't think Tom Hanks needs my help. Are you going to return the favor by guesting in his next film? I mean, I'll see if I have time for that. You did get Tom Hanks to appear in the "I Really Like You" video. I always find I want to pick a fight on Valentine's Day so I don't even have to act lovey-dovey. I think the expectation to have to be some way on this specific day was too much pressure. Valentine's Day is something I've always quite loathed. When you were growing up, was Valentine's Day one of those things you circled on your calendar? No, actually I'm the opposite that way. I am a romantic, though I don't think that makes me naïve. The songs on "Emotion" tend to paint you as an old-school romantic at heart.