I don't know about timeless. I actually think most of what I do is completely modern, but universally modern. Who decides what timeless even means? Are the things that we consider timeless now going to, in fact, be considered timeless in 300 years? Probably not.

Lyrics are my racket; music is play - the fluff stuff.

People expect not just songwriters but all personalities to pontificate about their egos.

I'm making music with my friends. It's fun. It should be fun. You shouldn't make music if it isn't fun.

Bringing the individual into it music only distracts from the universal and makes it trivial. And then it's easy to wash your hands of it because you might not be from their background, or you might disagree with their personal perspective. So you discount it and go back into your corner instead of coming out and engaging with everything.

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.

Usually there's no specific reason for loneliness - it's a broad feeling.