I was in a crazy, private, awesome bubble again, and that's when I started to write.

And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.

You can get anywhere on earth by falling asleep.

I never really lived outside of the city growing up, but I'm always looking in between the lines of the city, and I magnetize over to the green spots.

All the girls who have photos of them at parties, like, "Woo!" - that's what someone's going to see of their grandma.

When you say something or sing something enough times, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's almost like casting spells. I don't mean necessarily in the flighty, 'I'm going to go buy a cloak with a hood now' way.

You hit a guitar, you hit a note, you hit a drum, you hit an organ. Meat and potatoes. Simplicity. Not getting too caught up in little tweezers of perfection.