Rostam Batmanglij

When I work with other artists, I really want to bring out the most in their voices and I want to hold myself to the same standard.

I'd like to make an album with Slack one day. I'd like to use it as a collaborative tool. I know about it because I have friends that work in tech, and I guess you can use it in any job.

Whenever I work on a project I put all of myself into it.

I am a very big fan of Brian Eno, of his work as an artist and making his music, and as a producer. In some ways, I have looked to his career as a model for my own.

I think the music that speaks to me the most is music that is personal. And that's the music that I'm trying to make.

Honestly, I never felt like I wasn't an artist on my own. I always felt like the music I made was mine, whether it was part of a collaboration with people.