Breaking up is just hard, even if you’re the one breaking up. It’s not fun. It can be dramatic and complicated. And then you get a little distance and you think, why did it have to be so complicated and dramatic?
When something’s ending, you go through so many phases, and it can be frustrating. But once you’re out on the other side, it’s like you can really see all the crazy phases you went through.
I think it’s important for people who love music to retain physical CDs or even vinyl, because it sounds so great and so much warmer than music over the internet.
I like my life. I like my friends. I don’t want to go anywhere else.
I became a musician so I wouldn’t have to get up at 6 in the morning.
All is fair in love and songwriting.
If I make a record I love, then somebody will like it. Maybe not everybody, but that won’t matter.
I try to just make music that I love, and if I believe in it that’s all that matters.
It’s important to keep indie record stores alive because their unique environments introduce music lovers to things in a very personal way.
I wasn’t very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me, it was all about jazz.
I don’t think it’s a bad thing to share how you feel, especially if people can relate to it.
It’s hard for me to pry with people I know.
I don’t try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it.
I wasn’t a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants.
Nobody can tell you you’re wrong for writing a song about how you feel – even if you don’t really feel that way.
The coolest thing I’ve gotten to do in the past few years is guest star on Sesame Street.
Success and the art of making music are two different things for me.