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!"

Brooklyn is a hub; people move to Brooklyn because of what's already in Brooklyn.

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.

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

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

I'm gonna really enjoy bringing out the catsuit once in a while.