I hate living in a really small apartment, living in a shoebox, not being able to play the drums, not having space. It sucks.

I had a band called the Sound Of Love and that was R&B songs about girls in my high school. I played in some other indie bands who were trying to make it big; those sucked. Then I started Makeout Videotape and that was that.

I don't think anybody has a choice. Everybody has to kind of interact with all the craziness right now. I don't like to engage - a lot of people made a point of doing the social media thing, and I think that social media is complete trash, so I treat it like that. I like Instagram. I like the funny photos. Other than that, it's not for me.

My music is kind of laid back, it doesn't have super crispy, shiny production, and I'm not singing my heart out or whatever. But that whole idea of blogs declaring: "this is the new denomination for this sound" is ridiculous to me.

I hate living in a really small apartment, living in a shoebox, not being able to play the drums, not having space. It sucks.

I take making music seriously, but you have to have a sense of humor about yourself. I invite people into my life. That's how I do it.

When you're growing up, you just take what you've got.