Lights

“I find that when you grow and evolve with music, the music understands you, and vice versa - whether or not the creator of that music knows.”

“Learning how to center and control anger, fear, sadness, weakness and learning how to channel that into something smart, cerebralizing it, meditating on it and then moving into it with wisdom - that's important.”

“When I was younger it was a lot of quantity over quality. Just writing, writing, writing. Hundreds of songs. Now it's fewer songs. If I write 10 songs I believe 80 percent of them are good and gonna be used.”

“Pop music is actually a challenging genre. Not only do you have to be artistically expressive, but you also have to do that in a very strict format. I've always liked that challenge, but it's very easy to slip into something non-creative. You just have to stay inspired all the time.”

“I sleep in a bunk bed because my studio's under it. It's like a loft bed.”

“I've actually steered away from just calling them 'comics.' I just call them books.”

“Even into a spiritual level I believe that there are dimensions around us that we can't see and forces happening that we can't explain. It's too lame to not think that.”

“I've learned how to be confident and not be nervous in a paralyzing way, and I've learned that it's best not to close yourself off from people, you let people in.”

“I think Warped Tour's bringing something special to me.”

“I was in bands all through my youth. Things started out more acoustic and then piano ballads. Then R&B followed by sappy pop music and then rock, punk and heavy metal.”

“I've grown in a lot of ways - as a musician, as performer, as a songwriter.”

“I think we all struggle with mental health.”

“I love going home to my family, hanging out, and playing video games.”

“I would love to draw for 'Scarlet Witch,' it's a Marvel title.”

“I've been stung by a jellyfish.”

“I got signed to a development deal when I was 15. That fell through after about a year when the company merged with another label. Then I got picked up by Sony publishing. So I was writing professionally from 16 to 18. Then I started making my own records.”

“I'm very into superhero culture and stuff like that, so I always think on very epic terms.”

“I love getting online and looking at people's responses to things and communicating with everyone.”

“It's important to exercise your artistic muscles for your mental health and for your fulfillment 'cause as an artist, you're a creator. Your fulfillment comes from finishing stuff and creating things that you're proud of.”

“Young girls aren't marketed science-y stuff, or techy stuff, or even musical stuff.”