There's a reason I moved to NYC, and if I listed all the musicians on my list you'd grow weary.

I have no inflated ideas about success anyway.

Pop culture is not about depth. It's about marketing, supply and demand, consumerism.

But I also like to be in control, like anyone else. I try to achieve a balance.

It wasn't until after private lessons and learning bass lines that I even noticed bass in the music I was listening to at that age. My ears were blown wide open.

Now I am obsessed with collecting Platypus paraphernalia.

Music is a very personal and emotional form of communication.