Morning is such a special time
because there's a peace that's not possible
at other times of the day
The yogis say that four to five AM is the auspicious hour
that there are more births and deaths that happen there
than any other hour
the ideal hour for meditation too
There is this quiet and a higher sensitivity to that peace
It's also nice to wake up with the birds
Something about that feels right
When I've been in Brooklyn for too long
it feels like I can't hold on to any thought
I'm just chasing things
I'm never on time and never really present for my life
I'm just sort of watching it go by
in a series of feelings
that relate to the sense that I'm missing out on something
or that I'm not keeping up
When I record I like to leave the city
to have space to think and create
specifically go someplace that's both isolated and beautiful
I think there's a lot of nature in my music
and that's a big part of where I find inspiration
just the chaos and the balance of all of it
"Walking Backwards" is inspired by my time in the city
and by feeling like people are moving so fast past each other
even when you're talking to somebody
they're not really connecting to you
We're not listening to each other
and myself, just as guilty as anyone else
when I'm in that environment
I'm trying to think positively about going back to the city
but I'm also at a moment where I'm reconsidering
my decision to live there
Wondering if it's really a place that's hospitable to artists anymore
which is something that I don't really want to think about
but I'm being forced to in a lot of ways
so I don't know if New York is the place for me anymore
It's still to be determined