JP Saxe

“I tweeted how much I loved Maren Morris' songs. I didn't really see her seeing that tweet as a possibility, but she did.”

“My hope is that my songs make you think about yourself, in your own life, and not really about me.”

“I moved out there when I was 19 and lived out of my car, sleeping outside the studio, hoping I would get a call from the producer to come in and write the next day.”

“It's OK to be an overthinker, an over-feeler, and it's the only thing I know how to be.”

“If I'm being an idealist, I would say it's extremely fulfilling to know that I had a part in creating music that inspired people to put love first in an extremely challenging time.”

“I used to think I wouldn't be happy being anything but a musician.”

“I think 99 percent of the time, texting your ex is a horrible idea.”

“It took me a while to start releasing music, because it was important to me that I knew what I wanted to say before I said anything.”

“My favorite music has always been the music that makes me feel closer to myself, songs that let me access some sort of emotion inside of me that I don't know how to get to without that song. In making my debut album, I wanted to make songs like that too.”

“Music was the first place that I ever started to develop a relationship with myself.”

“Like if Postmates isn't working, I don't know how I'd survive.”

“Once I involved myself in music as a 13-year-old, I started to learn something about myself that I liked. That was big for me when I was younger and it was through music that I started to find community and friends.”

“I've always been really hesitant to wish any part of my life happened sooner because I love my life and I've loved my life for a really long time.”

“It always starts as journaling for me. I find if I try to write a song, it doesn't feel as sincere as if I just write down whatever is in my head and then come back to those writings later to see what might sound like a chorus.”

“I think to varying degrees, every artist is using their partner as a sounding board. When your partner is the greatest songwriter of all time, you may use them as a sounding board a little bit more.”

“Fifteen minutes before I got the notification that 'Julie Michaels has tagged you in a post,' I was listening to her music and talking with my friends about how Julia was one of my favorite artists and songwriters.”

“There's only so much numbers on the Internet can be emotionally internalized.”