I think in L.A., in terms of the music scene, it's a really strange place. It's really hard to get the feeling that something's happening, or the feeling that something can make it out of there.

I think songs and visuals are so evocative of each other.

For me writing and acting all comes out of the same place, a compulsion to review and connect to something. For me they are more similar than different.

Your crew becomes your family and you trust the director and the other actors on the set, and it's a very safe place.

I started playing music when I was really young.

I think children in general have a very hard time - at least I did - expressing any pain because I didn't want to hurt the people that I loved.

Even though New York may be a more inspiring city, I get more inspired thinking of L.A., in a way. My life there was so much more simple in mind, and quiet.