My growth as an artist and a person has been so slow and gradual, it's hard to make a story out of it.

I've always been in this sort of perpetual state of existential longing. I feel like something's missing.

I've seen quite a bit of the world, but I really like Sweden and feel like I could live there some day.

I think the reason I've been able to keep making music is because I'm not married, I don't have kids.

Music is so hard. It's a struggle to get people to care. It's hard to make an impact in today's world because people aren't buying records anymore.

When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write songs. I didn't have a concept. I didn't think it through. I was just flailing around doing what comes naturally. It took me a really long time to step back and deal with what I was doing with any kind of perspective or self-awareness.

A heart that hurts is a heart that works.