I had a lot of jobs in New York. I worked in a café and I did bike delivery and I was a mover. And I babysat, which was really cool in some cases and….

One of my first observations about New York that I was so fascinated with was that you'd be at a stoplight and you're with everybody; there's a homel….

I didn't understand how to get a practice space or buy gear - I never thought I could do any of that - let alone get in front of people and play the ….

I guess now I view music as my career. I want to do it forever, regardless of whether or not it's my means of living..

I've put out kind of a lot of albums and people seem to like it and the crowds keep getting bigger and bigger, so I think maybe I could make a life o….

I write all the time, and I write a lot of songs, but before I started putting out records those songs always just ended up on stuff that I did with ….

The ideal pre-show meal I think is pho, the Vietnamese soup. It's very light and good for you, and then the broth is great for the throat..

I was never really seeking to play music. I knew I wanted to do it, but I think I wasn't seeking it out because it seemed so abstract to me..

A great day on tour would be if I would say a two-hour drive, so you can wake up and you don't have to leave right away. You can go get breakfast som….

There was never a thought of career in my brain ever for anything..