When I do solo stuff, when I do anything involving music, it's very collaborative.

I do think within any job you do, you have a chance to serve the community.

There are a lot of people who that you may only nod to; it's better to stop and say hello.

I feel like there are a lot of people doing a lot of hard work. I think it's too early to judge, and I don't think the gay community is in any way falling short.

Maybe our gender is one thing and our sexuality is another. And that's a cool thing I think.

But if you want to be a songwriter-based musician, whether you play punk or rock or country or jazz, whatever, you have to work on your songwriting and you have to work on being able to play in front of people, I think. That performance is how you create the groundwork for a lasting career.

When I do solo stuff, when I do anything involving music, it's very collaborative.