Anybody can have a great album in themselves but it's not until you bring it out and put it into tangible form and creating it and working on it in the studio that all of that comes to life you know what I mean?

I listen to a wide array of music, all depends on the mood I'm in at the time.

I grew up on the bus, or riding my bike, or catching the subway, I've never had a car. In college, any girl I ever dated had a car, too.

Less is more. Simplicity is awesome. That's all you need in life. Its just my personal philosophy.

I think when people get comfortable is when they fall off.

When you put a tour together you really just think about who you'd like on your bill, who would make sense and who you would want to live with basically for a couple months and be around with and work with.

I grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, California.