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It's better for the listener to interpret their own meanings to the music.

The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they want to into it.

I try to keep the idea that there's an audience in as little space in my mind as possible, but you can't erase it entirely, the idea that when you're sitting down to write a song, people are going to hear it.

I don't actually like explaining the meanings of my songs, because I think people can take away more from it if they use their imagination.

If people can't relate to something, there's no use of the song being there.

I think it's good if a song has more than one meaning. Maybe that kind of song can reach far more people.

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.

Normally, I don't like explaining songs. I don't want to kill anyone's interpretation or the story they want to make for themselves.

I think it's always interesting how music means different things to different people, and people who overthink it are looking to in some ways show off with music, versus people who just respond to a song and decide to sing it.

As long as each song makes somebody feel something, I think that's the point of it all. I don't want it to just be background music, you know?