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

No one goes to BrooklynVegan to read about content, they just go for drama. It's a tabloid, the scum of indie.

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

Success will come. Or it won't. But I think you can only make a go at it in a big way by fully being yourself and taking risks. People can feel risks.

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

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.

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.