In the music world, when we're making work, we are obligated to no longer be completely free from what we are to someone else - sort of like an athlete, where you become a role model to someone.

In painting, the key is not taking myself seriously to the point where it kills sincerity.

Sometimes I'm extremely afraid of the unknown, but I'm so grateful to be on that journey.

I very much enjoyed Leo Tolstoy's What is Art? I can't quote it, it's been a while, but at the end of the day, the idea is that "art that does good in the world is art, and what doesn't is not. It's propaganda or something else. It's bad."

When it comes to performing and entertaining, the art removes itself from the writing.

Whether it's about children or not, we have to move forward.

In the music world, when we're making work, we are obligated to no longer be completely free from what we are to someone else - sort of like an athlete, where you become a role model to someone.