“I always listened to the radio a lot, and I've always tried to capture...” — Alex G Quote

I always listened to the radio a lot, and I've always tried to capture some of that stuff in my music. But it always comes across differently. I have never been able to get it right, I guess because of the limited means I had.

I write whether or not I'm planning to put it on the album.

None of my family members are particularly musical except for my older brother. He has Asperger's and perfect pitch.

I am beyond a control freak - I'm a monster. I say it straight up to my band sometimes, because I'll have them play on some of the songs, and sometimes I'm like, 'Honestly you could play something so amazing and I might not like it just because I didn't do it.'

I've been a huge fan of Marc Jacobs for many, many years, even going back to when I was wearing men's clothing. He captures a kind of simplicity and a kind of beauty that I like - projecting strength through femininity.

Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.

What's important is that you build your company to be able to capture the opportunity as it comes.

I love photographs. I love taking photographs. When I see something that's great, I want to capture that. You put it out there and on a place like Instagram you can put it there and review it later.