- “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” Bonnie Raitt
- “Been Loving You Too Long,” Otis Redding
- “Burn,” Ray LaMontagne
- “Last Goodbye,” Jeff Buckley
- “Homesick,“ Kings of Convenience
- “Lovestain,” Jose Gonzalez
- “Fade Into You,” Mazzy Star
- “The World Spins Madly On,” The Weepies
- “No One’s Gonna Love You, Band of Horses
- “Breathe Me,” Sia
“This is a list of some of my breakdown songs…I had to cut it off at ten; basically, these songs make me cry on the first note and all the way through.”