Artists are like messengers. A song is authored by you, but its interpretation is owned by other people. And you have no control over that.

Collaborate with people you can learn from

The simplest way to say it is that I think we're all dealt these cards in life, but the cards in and of themselves don't read one way or the other. It's up to you to home in and cultivate whatever you've got in your hand.

I don't want to end up being a circus act, doing my most famous tricks when I'm 70.

From a programmer's point of view, the user is a peripheral that types when you issue a read request.

The Internet is just it's great in a lot of ways and it has its disadvantages. But one of the great advantages is the ubiquity - virtually anyone can be discovered and things catch like fire when they're great.

Right now, musically I'm inspired by everyday people.