No matter who I'm talking to, I always talk like I'm doing an interview.

The best artists are the ones that work the hardest, and if you work hard enough, you'll eventually experience the happy accidents that are art.

I mean, I guess you could say I'm a bit of a perfectionist.

I guess the best thing about marriage is the fact you've got the coolest partner you can imagine by your side for all the things you're going to face in your life. So far, Juliet's been there for me. She's been good for my voice, good for my everything.

I'm really grateful. But I never had the rock star dream. I thought it would be cool to be a modern-day composer.

I enjoy songwriting. It's slow-motion improvising.

The artistic element of Manhattan has kind of moved to Brooklyn. Has it changed it? Yeah. Has it ruined it? I would say no. It is what it is. I say better that than an urban war zone.