I have an aversion to conformity.

Even when I am forced to conform - we all are on many levels - that line is definitive. It says exactly what it means: Be an individual, you know? Be yourself.

Almost everything I do, especially later on, is really very scripted. And I do it over and over again until it's perfect.

There are bands now, and for years, that called themselves emo. I never followed that stuff.

It's important for me to say something, and with wisdom if I can. I don't think there's anything wrong with just going out there and having fun and goofing around. I want to experiment with that too. But yeah, I feel like I have a responsibility to produce something hopeful, and maybe inspirational to people. When people come up to be and tell me how my music has changed their lives, that only encourages me to take it more seriously. Sometimes I get annoyed with myself for getting too serious, but that's just what I need to do.

I have an aversion to conformity.

I don't have a label, I don't have a manager, I'm doing everything myself.