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.

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 ideas all of the time from the beginning, but they never really wind up turning out like I thought they would.

Even with artists I love, only about a third of their music is what really hits the sweet spot for me.

I was thinking that people have to believe you're crazy in order to take you seriously as an artist.

If you're wandering the streets, talking in gibberish, nobody ever asks you to change anything about your art because there's no context for people to look at what you do.

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.