The most important thing in art is taste.

Songwriting is kind of like a craft. It's not something that just comes in a dream. You've got to work at it.

I wouldn't even say "Imagine" is political. I think it's…more just sort of declaration of humanity. I don't find his political songs to be the ones that I go home and listen to. And I would say that of any artist. They're not the ones that interest…

Growing up, I fantasized about being a rock musician and that somehow it would be really easy. I didn't realize that it's so much work.

You can't just pay attention to the short term, you just have to keep publishing.

I have a specific set of, I have a specific sort of negative energies to deal with that might be specific to me, but it definitely something that all artists have to deal with at one point or another. But I think for me, it's just maybe more specific.

Now, music almost feels naked in my mind.