Commercial music is music that a lot of people connect to at the same time, but that doesn't mean it has to be something shallow or without personality.

Activists are cultural artists. They envision a world that does not yet exist, and then take action to create that world.'

Having access to mobile phones and being able to document your own life brings people together. Technology has a lot to do with how the world is developing at the moment because there are very raw and pure and primal emotions that people are communicating to each other over the Internet. It's like our new feathers, our new face paint. We're still trying to find love and friendship and cool music, but now it's over the Internet.

Maybe I bring people into that pop world who don't usually find themselves there because there's not enough stuff for them to get excited about otherwise.

When I started making music, I made music in a very commercial space and I didn't have room to really explore things on my own terms. It took me awhile to create a little bubble where I could explore other things, and new things. When I did that, my tools were songwriting and arranging.

When I'm in the studio, I become a total nerd.

Even if I'm sad, dancing is a way to let stuff out.