On finding inspiration for music: "My songs feel happy, but they come from a sad or frustrated place. My songs are always the silver lining or the 'somewhere over the rainbow' moments . . . like real stories about real moments in time. 'Pull this car over, babe' — that is something that happened to me. 'New man on the Minnesota Vikings' — that happened to me. 'Old me used to love a Gemini' — that happened!"