I think the future and the past are equally hypothetical.

I can predict with some sense of certainty how life will feel in a month. I can with the same logic remember with the same element of reality or truth what life was like a month ago. All perspectives on the past are entirely relative.

I think articulating things through song is a good way of letting people know that they're not alone.

Sold my soul to the devil / for nice penmanship. / Now I write real pretty / but I'm starting to regret it.

We're constantly dealing with old problems under the circumstance of new variables, so just things like greed and fear and anger and inequality are issues that humanity has constantly dealt with. The parameters and the variables change but these are old things. And discussing those things is slightly more timeless rather than focusing on one tiny thing.

More than anything, being an English major made me more appreciative of authors and what an incredible feat it is to just finish a novel, let alone a really brilliant one.

I think it's important to accept all the ways that we're absurdly lucky. I'm a white male from a safe city in a wealthy country.