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.

I find that the kinds of music I’m drawn to are those that a lot of people take for granted.

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

I have no shame in making music that maybe, if you listen to it long enough, you'll realize you've heard this or that part of it before.

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.

In the end, I think musicians know that getting up in the morning and making music you love doesn't necessarily mean that you deserve billions of dollars or worship from anybody.

A big part of making an album is that you want to have enough material - you want to have enough stuff for people to hear and know that it represents you.