You meet a lot of people in New York who are different than you, and have different stories, so I see everyone as super individual.

Writing songs about it is a really useful way for me to love New York more, and stay observing it, and not just zone it out.

I feel like the cosmos implies mystery, or infinite secrets.

When I was younger, my view of New York was really wide-eyed and excited. I've lived here all my life.

I was thinking about New York and realized how much I hate walking around in the winter and how much I dread getting on the train.

My music doesn't sound punk, but I see it as a punk action.

I'm trying to do what Frank O'Hara did and remind myself there there's a lot of good stuff. I write about New York for my own mental health.