“I'm a songwriter-singer. I'm very vocal oriented, of course, but songw...” — LP Quote

I'm a songwriter-singer. I'm very vocal oriented, of course, but songwriting - no matter whether it's for myself or another artist - is of paramount importance to it all.

Every artist wants to connect with the listener.

My thing with New York was that it felt so insular. When I went to L.A., everybody I knew was a cool, amazing musician. In New York, they'd be hunkered down trying to form a band. But in L.A., guys in bands were also playing with other artists, touring with other artists, and collaborating with other artists.

When I see someone great live, what I think is, 'I can't wait to hear the record.'

The first time I wrote a song, I couldn't really believe - 'Can you just do that? You're just allowed?' I never thought about songs on the radio and who wrote them.

Ultimately, I am very filmmaker oriented, as a producer.

Rock is young music, it is youth oriented. It just speaks for a generation.

Our whole family had been sports oriented. My dad had played a lot of semipro but never had any opportunity to do anything with it. Back then, he had to make a living.

I've always been very outspoken and very risk oriented.

We want to change the way we help unemployed people find jobs. We want to be faster and more goal oriented.