When you meet someone, a friend, who's living out on the road, or living semi-homeless, or leading their life in a radically different way, it makes you think about your own life in a really critical way and feel completely disoriented.

I was really inspired by this feeling of mania, a caricature of myself that I look down upon and see negatively.

Playing to bigger audiences at festivals got me in the mindset of writing music that I would sing to a crowd.

When you meet someone, a friend, who's living out on the road, or living semi-homeless, or leading their life in a radically different way, it makes you think about your own life in a really critical way and feel completely disoriented.

Don't say yes to everything. Learn how to say no, because people respect a no.

The only thing that deeply frustrates me is the slow speed [of major labels]. The more people involved, the slower the pace.

Do not be precious about your music within your own world. Try everything you want to try; just because it exists doesn't mean it's done.