A true measure of success is just to work hard and get my music out there and just be myself and be real.

I'd say Ernest Hemingway would be a blast to get drunk with.

Writing a great song is not a simple task, but I feel like when everything comes together and you sing it in a certain way that no-one else can sing it, when it's written in a certain way that's perfect for the way that you're performing it, that those are the things that make a song great.

In the recording process I do listen to other artists a lot and other albums and albums I am loving lately, or ones that I still love that came out in the 80s or 70s.

I want to play a show at Madison Square Garden in New York, which is where the New York Knicks play. That's what I want.

I wasn't really writing anything that I felt was worth it at the end, but then certain things sparked me as a solo writer - to be able to try new things and experiment, and ultimately challenge myself as a performer and as a songwriter and just to commit to ideas, and not be afraid to be myself.

I read a lot of prose poetry and get inspired by more-so just a state of mind.