Over a year before I started recording Salad Days, so I finally sat down and was like I have to do this. And it did feel like a chore. I was looking ….

I mean, Lady Gaga is trying to be a freak or whatever but that quality of being very meaningly and heartfelt, but also having a sense of humor about ….

I'm just being myself. I'm not a very complex guy; I'm not a very studious, crazy intellectual guy. I'm just a guy..

It's so crazy with the Internet and being able to play shows to people who are actually interested in you. I feel so lucky when that happens..

The time came around where the label was like, "Well, if you want something to come out in early 2017, it's going to have to be done by, like, so-and….

I'm getting paid to tour and travel and I don't have to work a shitty job. And it's weird because you like start getting pissed off about that..

I hate living in a really small apartment, living in a shoebox, not being able to play the drums, not having space. It sucks..

[ If I wasn't making music ] I'd probably end up going to school, I never went to school. Or just give up and get my plumber's ticket and move back t….

I have a lot of friends that I'd like to shout out but I don't think anyone will know who they are..

I mean, Manhattan is cool. But weird parts, I like that. Jamaica, Queens, that's great..

Patience is important, and also, if you don't want to do it, don't do it. But if you do, do. That's a general rule in how I live my life..

Everybody's a multifaceted, emotional, living being, I think. Sometimes it's fun to goof around, sometimes you've got to think about things, sometime….

I recorded this album in a windowless room in Brooklyn by myself. I think Chamber of Reflection sums the album up better than Salad Days to tell you ….

I'm not really good at writing sad sappy ballads. In terms of the lyrics not matching the vibe of the music, that's kind of the way my career has gon….

With the "old dog" stuff, maybe the term "old" is in there, but I'm 26. I'm not that old. It's mostly like, "Ah, you dirty old dog!" I'm saying it mo….

[Making music] only turned into this weird job in the last year or so. Once I figured that out, I was having a blast..

You know, when your poisoning your body night after night after night, you end up chipping a couple years off your life. I've always wanted to be abl….

Neil Young is the prime example, the grand goal, if you will. He's still shredding, and he never lost his credibility..

[My House By The Water] is a nice instrumental track. The sound of the water is from the same place where the front photo was taken. I live really cl….

I've never done an album in the same place really - I like to be able to remember where I did every single one of them ..

Journalists say my music is "blue wave," or "dreamy," or "jangly-slacker jewel," and none of it really makes sense to me..