I grew up in the suburbs and was raised on rap radio, so it took me a long time to stumble upon the acoustic guitar as a resource for anything.

Even if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling.

I couldn't write a political song. There's just opinion; it's all arbitrary anyway. It's all subjective.

Once biographical information contaminates your consciousness, it's impossible to erase it and look at someone's work the same way again.

When I was young, I used to go to Baha'i camp, and they taught me a lot about the equality of religions.

I've always littered my songs with jokes. You might need to dig a little deeper to find the humor, but I would totally object to being some kind of distraught personality. I've never tried to attach myself to that.

I don't think I'm even a musician. I don't play a lot of instruments, not really a soloist or anything.