I went with Beach Fossils and we played 40 shows because we wanted people to see us.

Somebody who knows all about how to make the record, or how to make records, they know how to work the EQ and they know how to work the stuff, but they don't know what I want it to sound like. So it's just easier for me to do it myself.

I've already had a hard time dealing with some of the trappings of success and turned to some pretty stereotypical escape routes - ways of escaping my own reality and falling into some pretty clichéd situations.

When I read about myself and how writers have focused on negative stuff, it hurts my feelings.

I think that when people download the record they're kind of missing out on part of the experience, because it's really meant to be an immersive experience.

My mom worked at [American] Vogue before I was born. She has always been fashion-minded. I grew up with original Yves Saint Laurent sketches on the wall in our house. A lot of that rubbed off on me.

Music is much more of a multimedia sort of thing than I expected.