The way Lou Reed wrote and sang about drugs and sex, about the people around him - it was so matter-of-fact.

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.

In L.A., it's so sunny out all the time that even though I'm working all day I have this illusion that I'm on some kind of vacation. New York is so condensed and exciting but you stay there too long and all that turns into anxiety a little bit. It's nice to escape here and there.

Working on music is the funnest thing for me, and I love it, and I could do it all day, all night.

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

It's not like I wake up and songs flow out of me.

But it can be hard to experiment when you're in a band.