I like being behind the camera because I can control perception and what people see.

My manager lives on my block; four of the apartments in my apartment complex of seven are people I know. It's a really close-knit community, and almost everyone on these few blocks are artists or graphic designers, because we live right on the cusp of a warehouse district.

If you tell someone you're doing something innovative, they'll think you're doing something innovative.

I grew up going to punk shows, that kind of thing - I don't wanna make pop punk! - but I like the idea of people going totally crazy and it being really intimate, loud and super-aggressive, but combining that with pop music.

I don't want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living.

I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don't feel that way about anything else.

I can't censor myself; it's really important for me to say how I feel.