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

I never looked at being a musician any different than waking up one day and wanting to be an accountant or a lawyer.

I'm very ambitious, musically - I want to create great things, not mediocre work.

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 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 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.

I grew up in a place called Malahide, which is by the water and is beautifully quiet, leafy, and part serene.