The musician lifestyle is not easy for most people to understand. This is something I'm struggling with. When you're on tour, people think you're just having the time of your life and it's really romantic.

I'm really out of touch with myself emotionally. I've always had a hard time talking about how I feel.

I try to focus on the melodies and try to make everything else minimal. The melody and the lyrics are most important to me.

I guess I usually write when I'm in a really intense headspace, because it's my form of self-therapy.

It's hard if you're just touring constantly. It's like, "What am I going to write about? I'm in the van, I'm playing another show..." I'm still writing about heartbreak that happened years ago. I don't see the point of writing and putting out another record until I can do something else.

Life is too short to surround yourself with people who aren't looking out for you.

Honestly, live is my favorite way of performing. Every show is a completely different energy. With recording, it's not really as organic as it can be. But I feel like I'm a lot more fluid, and I can be a little bit more aggressive.