A lot of me figuring out how to love myself more involves finding the things that I'm ashamed of and looking them right in the eye.

I love vocal music, but I've had a hard time understanding myself through the English language. So it just seemed to me that if I relied solely on creating a voice out of the music, then I might be able to reach something more profound.

I try to get my subconscious to puke out as much stuff as I can because I'm really not judging myself while making music.

When you actually make a new friend, and you make music and laugh really hard together, that can give you a lot of confidence and nourishment and encouragement.

Something I keep coming back to in my music is the tension between two extremes: healing and chaos, hope and anxiety - these big themes are inside us, flickering, all day.

There is also a particular frustration that I have with language. It's so clumsy. And the reason I'm feeling that is more because on your breathing and your intonation than the actual words.

With song titles, I try to keep a healthy sense of humor while saying something at the same time.