I shop at thrift shops probably five times a week.

We are what we wear, we wear what we are

You need to get outside of your comfort zone to write songs that are interesting, songs that are compelling, songs that are different from what other people are writing.

Expectations are resentments waiting to happen

I definitely use "smiling while rapping" as a tool in the booth. I want to have fun while recording. At times it can get tedious and stressful when it's not sounding the way you heard it in your head, but you've got to remember to just smile and appreciate the fact that you're even in the booth and there are people who want to hear your art.

I write to the beat and let life play the guitar strings

Consciousness rap - a term that I don't think exactly exists but gets thrown around a lot - is not exactly popular.