It's usually important to me to get my idea out first because a lot of times my ideas will seem weird to musicians.

I always write knowing that people will hear it, but also hoping they'll see it. So a lot of times I make lyrical decisions based on what looks better. Also I write based on what I saw for a video. I obsess over lyrics in the hopes that they'll endure in different ways. I'm very precious about it.

I have tried to write songs quickly that get scrapped. I've also taken a long time on songs that get scrapped because you can over-think something, and you've squeezed the life out of it. As opposed to work of art, it looks like a really great work of craftsmanship.

I just make music based on what I believe.

I wanted to write a song about sexism, but I didn't want to do it in a mechanical way and be like, "Don't be sexist!" because that's not how I talk in regular life.

I wanted to be part of changing the world. I don't want to just stand by and watch it be however it is.

Sometimes it takes time to get into what ideas actually mean to you. Even when you're not writing a song, it's like that.