I try not get too self-aware when writing lyrics.

I think you have to want to be really famous. It's a lot easier to sabotage your career than to have a career to sabotage.

What I miss [about church] is being forced to be in community with people that aren't the same as me.

I find myself a lot more open to bands if I just hear their song. It gives you an opportunity to engage with the thing itself and not be overwhelmed by everything else that surrounds it.

I try not get too self-aware when writing lyrics.

I don't think the emotional quality is the defining quality of the music but it's definitely something that people have picked up on a lot

A lot of artists write about the same things their whole career.