There's only one growth strategy: work hard.
I never feel like I'm running out of ideas, because it is clear to me - music is infinite
Make sure you stay in touch with beauty instead of letting the ugliness of the world corrupt your soul
Making art is about accepting what’s going on around you and turning it into
Music has always carried me through times of loneliness. So when I make music, I like it to make people who listen to it feel like they have a friend who reveals something personal to them, rather than trying to be like a god up on a pedestal
What's gone will never come back, but it exists when you think of it.
You gotta constantly purify yourself, living in the city, around human beings. There might be people close to you who affect you inside yourself in such a corrupt way that it screws with your ability to do what you do. But if you make sure that the people who are close you are good people who are there for you and love you, you can create your temple everywhere you go.
Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach.
There are lots of people who work out and aren't at all powerful in terms of their mind or their spirits.
I'm constantly learning as a songwriter, so naturally that makes you grow as an artist. But I also think the more time I spend in music the more time I feel I understand it; or at least I understand where I stand amongst the industry and my identity within it all.
Baltimore is one of the most beautiful towns, really. And trust me, I don't say that about every place. There is just something so quaint, old and beautiful about this place.