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

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.

When I was 10, I would hear songs like "I Love You Always Forever" by Donna Lewis on the radio, and I want to make stuff that a 10 year old might hear coming out of the radio and think, "Yeah! I love this!"

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

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.

You'd have to be kind of a bonehead not to feel pressure.

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