I don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords.

I didn't have the patience for the research, or anything like that. I just like how it sets the imagination off. It's just an area that's very fertile for great words. Great metaphors, potentially.

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.

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

There's a lot of interesting words, nomenclatures, in science.

I still kind of believe this absurd line that if you have to write it down, it's not worth remembering.

I'm into lately being a little less precious about writing and being like, "Okay, what if I just locked myself in my room, pretend that there's someone outside with a gun that's saying, 'Don't come out until you write something.'"