People who are thinking about your music almost as much as you are, that almost never happens.

Well, my main instrument is violin, but I think of myself as a songwriter who happens to play violin.

I think life is a wondrous thing. I'm happy to try pretty hard.

I don't like super-descriptive modern fiction. I like, "Here's what was happening in 1582 all over the planet." Then that gets my imagination going.

I've always felt that dark lyrics with dark music is pretty useless. Maybe that's a strong statement - not useless, but for me, it's just boring.

Most of the songs that I appreciate are lyrically vague.

I don't like to disappear between records. I like to play shows while I'm making the record.