A lot of my songs are inspired by a muse of some sort, whether she's real or not.

Borns

Categorized in : Some She Real Inspired

Nothing grounds you like a real authentic Mexican taco.

nothing like you real

I feel very short-attention span for like accomplishment. It's like 'oh that felt really good' and then it's kind of like an immediate emptiness of I need to make something else - I don't like to dwell on things too long.

feel good accomplishment long

You should always read the ingredients in coconut water. It should say 100% coconut water.

say you always water

I'm fascinated by the yin and yang of everything.

yin everything yang fascinated

If you've never been to Michigan, everyone thinks it's completely rural. It's a destination state. You don't really drive through; you're going there for a reason.

drive never you destination

I had a band when I was in middle school, but I was the drummer. I kind of thought if I was going to be in a band, I'd be the drummer. I'm innately drawn to rhythm. But we didn't have any shows. We just jammed in our parents' basement.

parents thought drummer school

I grew up with a big backyard that led to the sand dunes of Lake Michigan.

lake big up sand

I dance as best I can. I try to let the music flow freely through my legs.

best music i-can dance

My parents played the Bee Gees; Earth, Wind & Fire; Michael Jackson. The best pop music to infiltrate a child's mind.

best music fire mind

When I wrote 'Dopamine,' I was so enamored by Los Angeles and finally making music I was really excited about.

finally about excited music

We're always trying to make advancements in the arts and technology, so it's somewhat inevitable that we're going to make holograms of people.

always technology trying people

I was pretty young when my folks were playing those kinds of records, '70s rock and psychedelic stuff. So I just remember those songs being synonymous with my childhood, and I was always trying to imitate them on piano.

always childhood remember trying

Most of the time, it's pretending I'm somebody else to get into a different head space. A lot of times, it's just, 'Who do I want to be onstage tonight? Is it going to be Marc Bolan, or is it going to be Grace Jones, or Roy Orbison?'

space grace want time

I'm not growing out my hair just to be androgynous.

out just growing hair

I want people to know me in my home state. I want their approval.

know me home people

I'm a professional musician.

professional musician

I don't want to make a living. I want to make a life.

make living want life

I like writing love songs. I really like romantic poetry.

poetry writing love romantic

There's this poet named Walter Benton, I really like his stuff. He always uses landscapes as a metaphor for the female body.

like always poet body

My favorite songs of all time are songs that take you on a journey and give you pleasurable moments you weren't expecting.

you moments journey time