I'm disregarding all the rules I've seen as people approach writing music. I'm trying to break them. — Verite Music Copy Share Image
A lot of my music has ambiguity and room for people to interpret. — Verite Ambiguity Copy Share Image
I have to recognize that my voice is attached to my body, which gets tired. — Verite Copy Share Image
I constantly compare myself to artists who have, like, 10 times the budget I do. My mind is the biggest challenge, honestly. — Verite Art Copy Share Image
I started writing music with my cousin at, like, 16 and traveled with a '70s band. — Verite Copy Share Image
I love spreadsheets. I do all the finances. I pay the publicists. I have to compartmentalize the creative and the business, so… — Verite Business Copy Share Image
I used to play shows in D.C. and then drive back to New York to work at 6 A.M. So there are… — Verite Moments Copy Share Image
When it comes to production and the overall sound, I don't really have a lot of intentions with it. I start off… — Verite Intentions Copy Share Image
I started Verite on savings from three years working at Applebee's in Times Square. I was a ridiculously good waitress. I was… — Verite Brother Copy Share Image
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… — Verite Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you're going 24 hours a day, seven days a week for a few months, and then you come home, and you… — Verite Copy Share Image
I moved to New York when I was 21 and worked between 40 and 70 hours a week. Then I invested it… — Verite Copy Share Image
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… — Verite Copy Share Image
When I was 16 or 17, I started listening to Death Cab, and I started writing my own songs. I was writing… — Verite Alternative rock Copy Share Image
I was joking with someone about this the other day. They were like, 'You talk about Applebee's as if it was your… — Verite Day Copy Share Image
I started when I was really young. I was playing with my dad when I was 8 or 9, and I started… — Verite Copy Share Image
I want to be an arena act. There's so many steps to take to get there, and it's so easy to get… — Verite Copy Share Image
I want to have a career in 10, 20 years, so it's harder now, and maybe more stressful now, but in the… — Verite Career Copy Share Image
I'm not very good at vacationing or relaxing or planning any of that for myself. So I'm in the habit of piggy-backing… — Verite Day Copy Share Image
If anything, I'm the most hesitant to bring on a label. That terrifies me. I think people believe major labels are linked… — Verite Copy Share Image
I want to be in control of how my music is released and how I create it. What people don't talk about… — Verite Control Copy Share Image
School was just kind of something where it was like, 'Um, I guess I should get my bachelor's.' My mind is always… — Verite Bachelor Copy Share Image
When you do acoustic shows, there's always a more intimate vibe. I go into them with lowered expectations and assume that people… — Verite Copy Share Image
If I'm happy with what I'm putting out and proud of it - that is becoming enough for me. It's testing myself,… — Verite Confidence Copy Share Image
