I love when people are coming up and they're working hard and you can see that they're really focused on the process to their music. I really dig that. As a musician, it's nice to see people who really care about the process.

As an experience, as a listener, for me, I miss the record store. I miss going in and knowing the guy at the counter and being like, "Hey," knowing that he was going to hate the record I put on the counter, and still buying it. That takes some guts.

I don't know anyone who is a writer who isn't influenced by the relationships in their life.

I'm not afraid to be bluntly honest in my songs, even if it means I'm discovering things about myself that I'd rather not.

I'm in love with a girl who's in love with the world.

The closest place that I feel like I come to having religious moments is always musical.

There's not a whole lot of media interest in me other than just the records that I make.