I honestly just love being in my studio working on music. That's all the inspiration I need. And I don't write with an end result in mind, I just write for the simple love of writing.

I look back and think of all the times I've had to let things go in the past, and how traumatic it seemed while it was happening, but how my understanding of it changed as time passed - and oftentimes things that seem really difficult and traumatic in the short term seem a lot less difficult and traumatic in the long term. So I remind myself of that.

When I was very young, I played in a punk-rock band, but I also studied music theory and classical music.

A lot of times good, pristine recordings prevent the listener from getting emotionally involved in the music.

No one wants to be hated, in public, by lots of people.

I love going on tour and playing music for people.

No one drives in Manhattan - in fact, many of the folks who live in Manhattan don't even have driving licenses!