I like things that are beaten up, that have lived a little. I like things that are real. I like things that are made out of wood or string. I never feel very responsive to plastic machinery.

I try to see as much dance, theatre and films as I can because all of it feeds me in a way that I need feeding for what I do.

As I grew older, I actually was prepared to go into fine arts school and do a degree. That was what I was actually settled upon when I was offered a record deal.

[Writing] has helped me meet people.

We just kind of lost our way. But we were looking to be free. One day we'll float. Take life as it comes.

It's so much in me to want to keep experimenting all the time. It's just inherent.

I didn't even know the industry of songwriting existed. I thought everybody sang songs and they were only singing the songs that they wrote. So after I found out about songwriting in college, I was like, "Okay, I want to do that."