Johnny Depp and I think Woody Allen would be fun to hang out with..

People can smell the bullshit and see through the curtains. People know when something's real and when something isn't, and when some dude really mea….

I'd say Ernest Hemingway would be a blast to get drunk with..

Prose poetry is not set to a melody or music so there's something freeing about it..

I write songs so that people can make them into what it means to them as well..

I tend to not try and listen to a lot of other artists while I'm writing, because if I hear something that's brilliant..

I wasn't really writing anything that I felt was worth it at the end, but then certain things sparked me as a solo writer - to be able to try new thi….

I'm a goof. I talk too much. I tell stories. I tell cheesy Dad jokes. I'm theatrical and I'll mix things up and I'll surprise people. Those are the t….

Hold your head high heavy heart..

I want to play a show at Madison Square Garden in New York, which is where the New York Knicks play. That's what I want..

Writing a great song is not a simple task, but I feel like when everything comes together and you sing it in a certain way that no-one else can sing ….

A true measure of success is just to work hard and get my music out there and just be myself and be real..

I listen to a pretty wide variety of albums so as to get influenced by nothing particular..

I think that a great song needs the full package. I think that a great song needs everything from lyrics, to melody, to music, and it needs to be int….

In the recording process I do listen to other artists a lot and other albums and albums I am loving lately, or ones that I still love that came out i….

I read a lot of prose poetry and get inspired by more-so just a state of mind..

I'm not bashing people who write songs that are just 'get on the dance floor and party party', I understand why people need those songs too, but I do….

I like films that go a little more daring visually, and story-based stuff that usually reflects pretty closely to what real life is..

I think especially since going solo it's pretty clear that I'm completely being myself..

I'm not avoiding specifics, but I've always written songs from more of a global standpoint..