sound scout

"Whenever something big happens or something makes me feel strongly in an emotional way, I just feel like I have to write about it."

"The only thing I'm really, truly good at is music—I just love it."

"I think one of the best feelings in this world is to be heard—to really be listened to."

"Songwriting and playing, that's as much of me as I can give, and nobody else can do that."

"I hope that when people listen to our music they'll hear a lyric and say, 'I've been there.'"

"I hope that people will look back and say, 'That album really defined that time in my life.' I want to create music that does that."

"The more I'm being myself with my music, the more I'm being myself in real life, and the more I know who I am."

"With our music, everything should be going toward a central idea."

"I'm equally a curator and a creator in the visual sphere."

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"If you're 100% yourself, then you're going to be different no matter what."

"In the end, we're still underdogs."

"You have to take a bit of a risk sometimes, so you know you've tried doing something you love."

"I usually just do what feels good to me."

"We're transparent and you're not going to get anything fake."

"It's everybody's responsibility as an artist, or a banker, or whoever you are to contribute something to the world."

"Until the job is done, I can't lay my head down."

"Creating a reaction with art is what art is about."

"I have a massive connection to my music, because all of my writing comes from real life experiences."