Growing up as a city kid is a joyous time!

I collect different game hats, like Syracuse Women's Volleyball; I have a Navy Basketball hat. They're all vintage but in new condition.

I am more into guys' fashion, but I'm inspired by women's fashion in a weird way.

I take references from the past and flip them.

I majored in industrial design/painting, but haven't had time to exercise that creativity.

Human imagination is so much more potent than anything we could put down in words.

There's no artist in this world that doesn't enjoy the dream that if they have bad reviews now, the story of Keats can redeem them, in their fantasy or imagination, in the future. I think Keats' poem 'Endymion' is a really difficult poem, and I'm not surprised that a lot of people pulled it apart in a way.

Whatever you are making, whether it's a song, an album, a painting, a film, you're connecting with a tradition, and I do feel connected to New York music.