Treat every person you interact with, with the same sort of attention and respect which you hope they will give to you.

I try not to listen to a lot of music when I'm starting the recording process, because it can be so subtly influential.

I've basically been able to do everything, I basically run my own career and the decisions I make - whether it's how I'm gonna roll out music, how I'm gonna play on tours, different strategies for releasing and marketing things - and that comes from being college educated and someone who's interested in that side of the business rather than only the music. If anything I think that's where the biggest direct influence comes from.

It's always really cool when you get to play with someone who you like and they go out of their way to be nice to you; it's not just a 'oh I played with them but I didn't meet them' sort of situation, so shout out to those guys for being awesome.

It's unfair of me to tell anyone what to think. I make myself for myself to get out my own desire to create and make sense of things in life. Hopefully, it does the same for others.

I am a musician, a songwriter, music fan. I live in New York City and I love my job.

My fans are the only people who will be with me forever, all else comes and goes.