I saw this wide-eyed girl with big ears and a pink nose who's too excited. I wanted that part of myself to sing lead.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.