Honestly, I didn't have the patience for biology or history in an academic sense, but I always liked the kind of big questions.

The melodies come out so strong that I'm like, "Oh, crap." It's really better if they could both be kind of able to compromise, but the melodies, even more recently, they come out very fully cast and formed.

The instrumental record is a bit subtler. It's the kind of stuff on sound check, when I first pick up my violin and start to play, the kind of melodies that just pour out of me. Some of them sound very classical. Some of them sound experimental, polyrhythmic loops that I make.

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

The earth almost looks like it's packed down and dense from so many feet treading over it.

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 anti-aging advert that I would like to see is a baby covered in cream saying, 'Aah, I've used too much'