I moved to London with this really warped sense of expectation.

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 was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person.

I moved to London with this really warped sense of expectation.

I'm mostly a keep-to-myself kind of guy, but you slowly find yourself getting folded into the musical tapestry.

I never was the front man in any bands I played in when I was in college, and I always learned music by myself at home.

I made a note in my head to be aware of things as they were happening, because they might not happen again. Up to that point, I was not really that appreciative of what was going on, or thinking about documenting life in a plainspoken manner. I was talking about my life and writing songs, but then I would go back and listen and they were about dreams, and legends, and metaphors and that was just not my life!