My Advice To New Artists Is To

Sometimes Seeming Happy Can Be Self-destructive Even When You're Sane.

You Know, Your First Album Is About Really Amazing Things. Your First Album Is Always About Coming Of Age, First Love, First Loss, Usually You Suffer A First Loss Of Someone That You Love To Death, Even, You Know, Really Big Life Lessons, Things You Learn From Your Parents' Divorce Or From The Travels That You Took.

Privilege And Complacency Paralyze Me With Fear Sometimes. But The Less Vulnerable We Are Because Of Privilege, The Country We're Born In, Or The Security We Enjoy, The More Vulnerable Our Souls Are To Apathy.

My Advice To New Artists Is To Embrace A Broader Concept Of Timelessness Than Vintage Or Retro.

Writing Is Sort Of Putting A Puzzle Together Halfway. Then, Performing It Has Always Been The Completion Of It. Once That Happens, I'm Feeling Verbally Communal With Other People. It's Out There And I Feel So Much Better About It.