I didn't start playing music really until I was 18/19, so it was a relatively new thing. I didn't play much music in school..

Music is a self-propelling thing. You can not rely on anybody but yourself..

I never was the front man in any bands I played in when I was in college, and I always learned music by myself at home..

I approach every show from the same fundamental perspective: this is a conversation, and my job is to make people leave the show feeling like they've….

Sometimes my hands they don’t feel like my own; I need someone to love, I need someone to hold..

I have a vision for everything that I make, but... I'm not that considerate about what I do. I do whatever is in my head and how it ends up tends to ….

Life is short. I'm here to make music, I'm not here to sit on a beach. That sounds really boring to me..

I like what I like, I don't like what I don't like, and I'm very bad at toning myself down..

I really wanted to approach performing live differently than most people who just play guitar and sing..

The hip-hop aesthetic and the way it's produced always motivated me. Alongside that I was still wanting to make great traditional songs because I've ….

I'm mostly a keep-to-myself kind of guy, but you slowly find yourself getting folded into the musical tapestry..

The idea of trying to predict what people will or won't respond to is risky..

You play a couple of shows, and these label guys come - and they leave halfway through a show. Then the phone calls just stop. And your heart is brok….

What we understand to be profoundness, or importance, it changes. It should change. It should be this moment where you cannot believe that equalled g….

I've traveled quite a lot and become a coffee nut..

I'm an introspective human being and someone who likes to be alone in a room. The idea of going out and talking to people...there's something appeali….

My love of R&B and hip-hop has influenced my life not even as a musician, but generally in terms of growing up and looking to America as an inspirati….

I think sitting in the car with your parents and listening to music is an essential to growing up..

With music, it feels natural that, in my head, I can pull things apart and then put them back together very quickly..

I grew up in a place called Malahide, which is by the water and is beautifully quiet, leafy, and part serene..

Its always important to fall back on your instincts and core beliefs and that was pretty hard for me to do but trusting in my self the way I trusted ….