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

Everyone in our generation lives in a world where you're surrounded by all sorts of music all the time. People's tastes are made of combinations of genres.

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

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

Radio is so cutthroat, but I do feel like the music industry is structured so differently than it used to be. I'm amazed and in awe of artists who can build a parallel universe that's so big and clearly defined that the mainstream finally has to pay attention.

It's a lot different being a hip-hop artist. You just show up with a piece of paper with your words on it, say it in the mic, then you leave and some other guy does all the music.

There's this corporate machine giving us a chance to access radio - though there's no guarantee.