When I dont have a good time making music, I think of quitting a lot. I really do. I can create something else. Ill do something else.

What affected me the most about the Beatles was that they were the biggest band in the world and they could have done anything they wanted.

The musicians themselves don't seem to know enough about why they're in the positions they're in, so they're afraid to lose those positions.

No matter how naturally gifted you are, it's your passion that's going to make you better and maybe touch some people.

If you're 22 years old and you can't believe you're even in the position to have a career making music, the first thing you're going to think is: Maintain. Don't lose it. And that's precisely what causes you to lose everything.

Going back and forth between wanting to be respected artistically and wanting to move people is its own challenge.

I started out really making music in my dorm room, and it wasnt really producing or anything like that; it was you making something.