I didn't really learn how to play guitar until I was in college.

I'm an introspective human being and someone who likes to be alone in a room. The idea of going out and talking to people...there's something appealing about it, but also there's something that feels alien to me, as a cynical Irish man.

I really wanted to approach performing live differently than most people who just play guitar and sing.

Music is a self-propelling thing. You can not rely on anybody but yourself.

I think sitting in the car with your parents and listening to music is an essential to growing up.

I didn't really learn how to play guitar until I was in college.

I'm not an L.A. guy. I don't take meetings - you know what I mean? I don't really know how to interact very well with people in L.A. because everybody's got an agenda and everybody's like, "What do you do?" "Where are you going?" Or it's like, "What do you know?" And I'm not on a grind - I was there to make music and to meet people but I wasn't hustling for anything.