My father was pretty specific about what we listened to early on.

At that time the clarity of the sound of those records was so far beyond anything else really.

And I knew pretty quickly that I would have to find a way to just laugh about it.

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As a professional musician, I think its the worst-nightmare scenario.

But even so, he says the moment was definitely frustrating.

Its one of those things thats like How did that happen?

But its one moment in a career.

I was such a fan of Good for You and Hands to Myself.

Its a cool thing.

And it never saw the light of day, he says.

And I was like because I dont really know anymore.

We laugh about it to this day because he was so sure.

Right away he knew.

I have a lot of memos in my phone of songs, Ive had dreams about a melody.

Shes quite fearless in all aspects.

I did a session with Corin Roddick fromPurity Ring.

The song didnt make the record but hes awesome.

Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and whatever I kind of joined late.

Twitter is cool, but I feel like the visual [stuff] is way more exciting.

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