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.

No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.

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.

I also don't believe that "everything happens for a reason," which is in a similar category of world-views.

I have the barn, it's just kind of like a studio. Almost all artists have la studio to work in, and that's really what it is. A place to get away. I'll spend maybe four days out there if I can, just completely immersed - like where I don't bathe or brush my teeth for a few days, just get up and make coffee and experiment until the sun goes down.

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