57 Quotes by K. Flay

I was totally sober in college and really, really focused. I just took the time when other people might be partying and just made music and played at the party instead.

A constant goal of mine is to try to put myself back in the place when I wrote something - not just to perform it on a surface level, but to re-enter that headspace, that emotion. That's the point of a live show - for it to feel immediate and present and a little bit unpredictable.

More than anything for me, making music is about taking nothing and making something.

Hip-hop is rich in musical allusion. It takes something that already existed, respects it, and reuses it.

I hope people describe my music as lyrically driven, cross genre. Kind of alternative, kind of indie, kind of rap, kind of everything.

I'm intrigued by people who are super adept at manipulating their own image. We all do it to a certain extent.

There's only so many variations on the basics of human relationships. To me, it's all about the detail and how you tell the story. How you say, 'I love you.'

'Life as a Dog' is when I really started to feel comfortable, like I had the due north on my compass.

I think the key for any kind of artist - and this transcends music - is a certain degree of authenticity and sincerity.