what put this together for me is i have a friend natalie chan.he employs these women who hand-stitch these beautiful clothes. i went down and she taught me to sew. she was threading my needle and said, you have to love the thread. it brought tears to my eyes. i kept thinking, you have to love the thread. i took it as a complet a huge m. these songs started coming. >> when did you know you were an artist? how young were you whether you fell in love with music and art? >> really, really young. i felt myself to be odd, and i came to understand that that was an artistic instinct and that it was valuable instead of being, you know, something that you needed to push away. although it took me a long time to understand that. >> what drew you -- everybody would assume you are probably from nashville, the south. what drew you to new york? >> you know that saying, we always thought she was kind of weird, turns out she's only a new yorker. you ever hear that? >> never. >> that's me. i always was a new yorker. from the first time i came here, i knew it was my