Being famous is having the power to really implement positive change in the world, and it gives you the power to do what you want. I'm really grateful for it because I can play music and people will listen.
I try not to do anything by formula.
I spend my time trying to figure art out. I was brought up to believe that the way one processes information is by making it into art. That's how I live my life.
I like to have books around to give me ideas-to get the verbal part of my brain to start working.
I like songs that have lots of different parts in them, an intro, an outro and a bridge.
I like songs that go to different places and then come back.
I like songs and film because you can turn your life into a sort of myth or dream.
I have a piano and a guitar, and I tend to switch back and forth between those two instruments to help me get inspired.
I feel like I've been way overexposed in the press. I'd rather play shows and represent myself in person.
For me, songwriting is something I have to do ritually. I don't just wait for inspiration; I try to write a little bit every day.
I like music because it's the only invisible art form.
I'm lucky that a lot of my friends are in the entertainment industry.
Growing up, I fantasized about being a rock musician and that somehow it would be really easy. I didn't realize that it's so much work.
Putting out commercial pieces and promoting them and trying to sell them to people is not necessarily what it means to be an artist.
We live in a pretty bleak time. I feel that in the air. Everything is uncertain. Everything feels like its on the precipice of some major transformation, whether we like it or not.