There is something comforting about going into a practice room, putting your sheet music on a stand and playing Bach over and over again.

When I'm onstage, I'm completely comfortable, and I feel very vital and alive.

With digital sound just becomes simply information, not the sum of its parts.

Some of my earlier songs are kind of more about mental illness.

You can build up expectations for a song before you record it, and then it's like nothing's good enough in the studio.

Sometimes I think I don't have much choice in the matter. It's just what happens, and I'm following my instincts the whole time.

This might be a controversial thing to suggest, but in a quest to understand and relate to terrorism or school shootings, sometimes it feels like it's real, the appeal. As we've seen with ISIS, it's not always the devout who are getting into it; it's just people looking for a sense of belonging. The more they feel they're up against, the more intensity the cause has. It's an epic clash of cultures, and both sides are playing that up, but it's human beings disaffected, detached, and lonely.