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

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.

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

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 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.

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

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