Wisdom worth sharing, words worth remembering.
My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn't because I wanted to make simple music. It's because I don't really have the chops.
A lot of my music is slow and subtle. The subtly is what I enjoy about making music.
I wasn't very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me it was all about jazz.
When I moved to New York I fell head over heels back into country music and probably 'cause I missed something about Texas.
What I was going for in the first two albums I didn't necessarily achieve. Because I was young and because it was my first time out. And the second album was such a 'quickie' sort of 'Let's just get it over with!' But the kind of music I make there's a lot of subtlety in it. And I think it takes a couple of listens to actually really get it.
Nobody was listening when I learned how to play music. But there's something about being on stage talking to the audience looking at them and smiling that's always been difficult for me. I'm a lot more comfortable now but there are still moments of awkwardness.
I think it's important for people who love music to retain physical CDs or even vinyl because it sounds so great and so much warmer than music over the internet.
I became a musician so I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning.
My mom and I have always been very close. She is my best friend. She had to make a lot of sacrifices early on in my life to make sure I got to do what I wanted to do.
I hope there are some audiophiles still out there.
I don't think I'm a great songwriter but I think I've learned a lot about it and I don't think there's any one way to do it. I don't think I can control it at all. I can just kind of hope that it happens.
Sometimes when you're trying to do a record too close to home you can get really distracted.