I'm turning 22, so I want to start getting into work that reflects where I'm at in life now.

That's the beauty of song writing. You never know when inspiration will come or how it will hit, you just gotta kinda grasp a hold of it and make sense of it somehow.

Im so fascinated by the human longing for meaning. The way we relate romantically to each other is so much to do with our longing for meaning as well.

When you work on an album for three and a half years, you're kind of ready for it to get out there. To have your songs reach people.

My process is to be by myself when I record. It's quite an emotional performance to pull off when someone else is in the room. I prefer to go away and have my own time with it, bring it in later.

I want to be the kind of artist who keeps pushing on every album. I don't want to settle on a sound.

America is definitely something I'm pretty excited about.

Just try to keep the heart turned outward, as well as having moments inward.

There's a vulnerability in music but you've also got to protect your sacred place and have a place you can still retire to that no one else knows about. So that's a thing I just try to balance.

The fun of being in the pop world is you can really play with people's perceptions of what the word pop means.

. The key to all of that is keeping hold of humility and keeping hold of the people around you, and making sure you stay grounded with your family and friends.

When facts give way to faith, then and only then have you unlock the possibilities within!

I like geography. I could tell you the capital of any country you want.

When I say, 'I don't care what white people think,' I mean that.

It will lead many musicians out of the cul-de-sac they currently face. And those that do not understand will be cursed to make disposable music on laptops forever.

When one has seen something of the world and human nature, one must conclude, after all, that between people in like stations of life there is very little difference the world over.

Nothing is of a permanent nature.

Play with no fear of failure.

Every being is in search of truth, but small fears go on preventing you.

For me, art can reflect the celebration of the simple and good things in life. This is most important to me!

In all things there must be order, but it must of such a kind as is possible to observe...to see a man burnt for doing as he thought right, harms the people, for this is a matter of conscience.