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

I guess this is cliche, but I'd love to work with Kanye West, Mark Ronson, Diplo.

People don't realize that there's no label and everything is self-financed and we make do and do our own thing. I was just happy to do my first video, I thought it was a fun experience.

Money isnt what drives me, getting fans who truly understand what I'm about and want to see me live is where my head is at.

There're always some notorious people in the crew who are doing crazy things, but I try to keep it a little more low-key. My crazy thing is always just the show and putting all my energy into it.

I am really obsessed with finding melodies that just hypnotize you and sink you into a song.

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.