Regardless of how funny I want to be, I don't ever have a problem speaking from my heart or speaking honestly to people..

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 thought I knew Elton John, but then it was like, "Woah, Elton's a pimp! He's really amazing." And since Billy and Elton are homies, I'm finally get….

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

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..

Usually when festivals are really huge it's kind of weird. It's totally fun for me and my band to play in front of a crowd that doesn't necessarily k….

The songs that I'm able to write are the songs I'm able to write, whatever they may be. The path I've cut for myself is pop music - love-y pop music.….

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..

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

I've recorded at home since I was a teenager, and I'm able to sit here in my underwear and keep trying different things until something works. I thin….

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 ….

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 ….

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

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 do get labeled as a guitar band, but the only reason is that's the instrument I know how to play. The guitar is serving the song I'm writing. But I….

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..

'Salad Days' refers to a youthful or innocent period. And a lot of people having been asking me already so you jaded? And I'm not, I'm 23. It's me re….

Going on tour, you don't have a lot of time to mull things over. You're just kind of, "Another beer, another show, another song.".

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

I think people do expect something a little weird to happen. Maybe they've seen something I did once on the Internet and expect that I'm gonna do tha….