I finished touring the last record and I started recording new .I never really left the bubble, which is I think a good thing. I was just very focused. Maybe I should have taken a break or something, and not done such a long push.

I think when I was pretty young I got really into the tone of my instrument and I remember just playing one note for an hour to just kind of feel the resonance of the violin.

Pretty much any given day, barring some major distraction, I get melodies coming to me. Lyrics don't come quite as easily. So I've been inventing little projects and challenges to sort of kick my ass with the lyrics.

The way I work, I'm not a confessional singer-songwriter.

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

Playing the violin and singing and whistling are just three different ways of making sound.

I guess I'm attracted to more archaic words because they can be imbued with more meaning, because their definition is elusive.