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

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

Music is made by individuals. Some artists will be very politically overt in their songs, some will be more subtle. You have to be true to yourself, true to your nature.

A lot of stuff is dark in a way, but unless you're really looking at a situation for what it actually is, it's hard to be hopeful - or meaningless to be hopeful about it unless it's actually based in a real possibility.

Major labels just lost their way. It's like the housing bubble. They lost a sense of the fundamentals.

I just wanted to make something in the world and worry about the rest of it later and not get too caught up in rules.

Songwriting is reliant on inspiration, which ideally you don't have that much control over. Songs kind of half make themselves, and then you have to finish them.