[About being a teenager] Like, at first it's fine and you think you have a dark side - it's exciting - and then you realise the dark side wins every time.

It's amazing what happens when you put your interests out into the universe and make it known what you want.

Life is a velvet crowbar hitting you over the head, youre bleeding syrup amour, bleeding to death.

I like to write about the way things used to be and paint pictures of my memories with beautiful words and melodies.

I don't like live television, the only tip I have is just pray.

When I got to New York City when I was 18, I started playing in clubs in Brooklyn - I have good friends and devoted fans on the underground scene, but we were playing for each other at that point - and that was it.

I guess my strongest recurring theme is honoring love, even when it's lost.