"I think that I was being much more uptight about those things before. I feel like I really don't have to prove anything at this point other than what I'm doing."
"But the greatest thing about music is putting it out there for people to figure out. You want the listener to find the song on their own. If you give too much away, it takes away from the imagination."
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