You're half-Asian, half-Occidental. How have you been influenced by those two cultures?

My mother's [culture] had more of an influence in terms of religion, simply because it's much easier being a Buddhist - you can pick the calming elements out of it. My father's Jewish, and Judaism isn't that easy to take things from. I find that it's a little more constraining.

Would you ever consider incorporating Asian elements in your music?

I'd incorporate any element in my music. I don't think it'll be my next stop, but it could definitely be a stop. I sang a song in Thai once, "Leave It Alone." I learned the words phonetically. The response in Thailand was good. People were, like, "You're good; that's so sweet. We don't understand what you're saying, but that's sweet." I wasn't really going for sweet, but hey, what can you do?