I was always looking outside of myself for stories and ideas and influences and then I kind of realized in 2010, that all of this time, I've developed a "sound." And I've never fully explored it.

When I came back to America, I realized that world music is no joke, it really has a lot to it.

My thought with harmonies and melodies in general, is that if it doesn't come right away then it's never going to come at all.

I try to shut my brain down as much as possible. And let the melodies flow, if possible.

I like to think that location, travel, etc, is a launching point for purely imagining.

In the age of the mp3, you gotta make the package special, something that's worth owning.

I was a very good student until about sophomore year, and that's when I just became so disillusioned with the whole thing that I just became an awful student. I was still making good grades. But I was cutting class three days a week and faking papers that I got off the internet.