My family life, my adoption - it could be related to the songs, but I think the songs are deeper than that. They're not just about this experience.

It's a bit of a weird thing to know that (my music) has translated to that many people.

I don't believe people when they say their songs have nothing to do with their personal life.

People should know each other because they want to, because they have things in common.

It's very important to enjoy time alone with yourself and just existing, because existence is kind of cool.

I've been writing a lot of songs in twos, songs that are like twins in my mind.

In high school I was in a band called Goodfight, but it was more me running around on stage. It was very punk inspired. Then I started to get into indie-rock and older music and decided I wanted to write my own stuff. I quit the band. Around 16 or 17, I started recording myself at home on keyboard and piano.