I can't explain why but I do feel like I was born close to some kind of portal to elsewhere, to other memories and places.

V: Cadenza | Searchlight Song: "Stop Time"

Wait. Miles Davis is on. That’s half the picture right there. His muted trumpet braids silver around my veins.

I’ve learned from music to feel something in your gut. Then you know what’s what.

I love the word knock—its single sonorous syllable, the way it functions as both a command and an invitation.

I think my reinvention this year isn’t so much to change, but to trust in what I’ve been doing and to take care of myself.

"Truth is paradox," says Henry Miller. I choose to embrace both the dark and the light… the creative tension of the two.

My best mistakes could hear me for what I was. Through a stereo, over a headrest, I was so seen, so possible.

Honestly, I feel that with every song I write, I learn something new about myself.

I want those who listen to be emotionally impacted, whether it’s positive or negative. That’s what art does.

I am at my best when the evening falls. I love the way it smells outside, the air of mystery that it creates.