My love of R&B and hip-hop has influenced my life not even as a musician, but generally in terms of growing up and looking to America as an inspiration.

I feel the reasons my songs might seem dark is because of how I viewed the situations I was in and it was just something I always felt like documenting.

The idea of trying to predict what people will or won't respond to is risky.

When I started out making music I thought it was about thrills and adding layers, but I realized I want to focus on saying the most with the least.

I don't function well in certain aspects of society, and you can read into that what you will.

I want to talk about things that are tangible and real to me, but I also want to do them in a way that's poetic and artistic.

Sometimes my hands they don’t feel like my own; I need someone to love, I need someone to hold.