Some of the songs I wanted to be really full, [but] there's something to be said for just a voice and a guitar

That sounds really simplistic, but if I'm in an enclosed space, or my apartment, and I live very close to a park - there's something about being outside and being near things that are green.

Happy is the Heart that still feels Pain

I think just letting go is a really good thing to do in many areas of your life, songwriting included.

When you're writing with someone else it helps you think of things you never would've thought of.

The older I get, the more I realize I'm becoming people's role models and that's freaky to me. That's not what you intend to do when you set out to be a musician, to be a little 14-year-old's role model.

It should be like a driver's license - no one can have an Instagram until they're 18. It's the wild, wild west, the internet.