I'm sure as I progress the sound may get cleaner but right now, I'm still interested in having it rough but never overwhelmingly so. I consider myself an amateur pop songwriter and I want that to come through, too.

I've always just wanted to sing in a rock band.

I get really affected by songs as a music listener - they mean so much and they feel so significant.

I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats.

It's very expensive to bring a band to New York.

I think it would be nice to be a prince.

There's a side to being in a band that some people embrace and some don't: the fact that you're performing and you care about how it comes across.