It's not like I think my art is inspirations from icons strung together. They're just sort of people who others talk about. I am definitely interested in the masters of different genres, they're talented and popular for a reason.

I'm interested in the gorgeous side of life, but also familiar with the dark side too.

Being brave means knowing that when you fail, you don't fail forever.

I was, you know, a mess. I totally wanted to kill myself every day.

A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.

In the land of God's and Monsters, I was an angel looking to get f-ked hard.

New York's architecture alone is enough to inspire a whole album. In fact, that's what happened at first - my early stuff was mostly just interpretations of landscapes.