O’Connell: "If I'm writing with or for someone else, it just has to feel true and real for them. It has to feel like they're being honest. If it's for myself, it's the same thing. It has to be something I can mean when I say it."

O’Connell: "When I started, I felt that there was this incredible amount of doubt of my ability as a producer."

O’Connell: "I think the whole response to our art being so positive is that it rings true and it feels a unique thing and I feel that was the thing that we strive for in the beginning was to not conform to any preconceived notions of what we should be doing."

O’Connell: "I think if you're not trying to change things a little bit, you're not evolving."

O’Connell: "Production has always been a fantasy of mine, and I got really lucky and had a sister who put a lot of faith and trust in me, and was very collaborative, and was willing to let me produce her entire album."

O’Connell: "The music that I listened to when I was growing up was the most important to me forever."

O’Connell: "I stopped telling people what lyrics meant to them when I saw them tattoo it on them, because it clearly meant much more to them than it ever did to me."

O’Connell: "There's always a better word than a swear word."

O’Connell: "I don't particularly like recording studios, they tend to be lifeless and without any natural light, so I wanted to record wherever we lived. We just don't want to be bound to a studio to who we'd have to pay untold sums to."

O’Connell: "It's important to recognize when a song remains important to you."

O’Connell: "I don't think if you set out to make an album to get a bunch of Grammy nominations... you just have to set out to make an album you'll really love."