I think there's a huge pivot in popular music, and just in culture in general, towards art that is vulnerable and emotionally honest.
I'm fascinated with what happens to the creative output when you isolate yourself from the approval and disapproval of the people around you.
The sublime moment seems to be only a product of allowing yourself to get through, to get to a lot of stuff in your life, write about a lot of stuff and not edit yourself. That is a great lesson to learn for anybody that writes or creates in anyway, to be able to make something without being good or bad.
I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.
The reason I decided to become a solo artist in the first place was because I always felt that the results that I got from working as a team where everyone had equal say... ended up with compromised, watered-down results.
I just always make honest music. I just always kinda do what I wanna do.
The real artists are ultimately people who don't consider their audience and are almost incapable of considering their audience. They can do what they do and fire themselves up.
The secret sauce of the business that I can offer is my creativity, and in order to keep my creativity alive and fresh, I have to pretend that no one is watching the show, that there are no audiences, there are no ratings; I'm just telling a story.
I've written some really good songs that I love hungover because I wasn't overthinking it.
I think people should just make art and let the art speak for itself.
I make songs that I genuinely enjoy and love, and just put them out kind of freely and carelessly.
There is something challenging in shooting something in just one day and there is freedom knowing there is going to be no censorship.
Pure art exists only on the level of instant response to pure life
I honestly can't characterize my style in words. It seems that whatever comes to me naturally, I play.
I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true and not cover up the cracks.
The last thing I think about when I'm making music is its reception.
Our lives aren't prepackaged along narrative lines and, therefore, by its very nature, reality-based art - underprocessed, underproduced - splinters and explodes.
When I'm making a song, I try not to think about audience or genres. It's free-flowing. Natural.
I knew that the artists that I loved the most had something about them that was very unfiltered and very rough.
Because I didn't think anyone would actually listen to my music, I thought I could say whatever I wanted.
I don't really go through a process, it goes through me.
I like the idea of creating from your inner youth. You don't have to think too hard about it. Just make what feels good.
Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers.
The best stuff comes out when you're not making it for anything and you don't really know what you're making.
When I sit down to write a song, there is no filter. I'm not trying to write for anyone or anything specifically. It's just trying to capture a little piece of your soul - even if it's a really ugly part.
