It's really important for me to live purposefully, and I feel that way putting music out in the world and having people connect with it. That means everything to me.

I'm such an awful faker. Everything that comes out of my mouth needs to be the real deal. Not that I ever try to be deceiving, but sometimes it takes a while to find your voice and find what you want to say.

I want to make honest music and tell honest stories that hopefully reflect the thoughts and feelings other people have.

When people have expectations, you're going to make a lot of them upset - when in fact I'm not trying to represent anybody but myself.

I think it's such utter hypocrisy that so many people in our society were obviously all watching pornography and yet we treat these people [actors] like they're sub-human. I think it's just disgusting.

I'm not always open to creative input when I have my heart set on a creative idea or a message I want to convey.

I did a handful of photo shoots and I never made any money for it just because I was trying to build a portfolio. I decided that that's not what I wanted to do.