Words matter. These are the best Verite Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I don’t wear a lot of color because I live in New York, and I’m sort of color-blind, so colors don’t match to me a lot of the times, and it makes me anxious. So I’ll always defer back to black.
I have to recognize that my voice is attached to my body, which gets tired.
I want to be an arena act. There’s so many steps to take to get there, and it’s so easy to get lost and cocky. I just take small steps each day.
When it comes to production and the overall sound, I don’t really have a lot of intentions with it. I start off with melody and a lyrical idea, and then build off of that story.
When you do acoustic shows, there’s always a more intimate vibe. I go into them with lowered expectations and assume that people don’t want to hear me.
I started writing music with my cousin at, like, 16 and traveled with a ’70s band.
I hyper-analyze everything; I’m always in my head. Those moments where you don’t think and you’re just part of the environment did not come easily to me, but it was those moments and highs that I chased.
Sometimes, you’re going 24 hours a day, seven days a week for a few months, and then you come home, and you wonder what you’re doing with your life and why. At least, that’s the experience I’ve had.
I’m disregarding all the rules I’ve seen as people approach writing music. I’m trying to break them.
I want to have a career in 10, 20 years, so it’s harder now, and maybe more stressful now, but in the future, hopefully it will all pay off.
If anything, I’m the most hesitant to bring on a label. That terrifies me. I think people believe major labels are linked to success. They’re absolutely not that.
School was just kind of something where it was like, ‘Um, I guess I should get my bachelor’s.’ My mind is always geared towards the practical.
A lot of my music has ambiguity and room for people to interpret.
I love spreadsheets. I do all the finances. I pay the publicists. I have to compartmentalize the creative and the business, so there are sacrifices. But ultimately, I get to be the CEO of my own business.
I was joking with someone about this the other day. They were like, ‘You talk about Applebee’s as if it was your ex.’ I miss it; I miss setting up tables at 6 A.M.
