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

Norman is a very up-close, personal, character drama and I'd like to do something more zoomed out, a little more pastoral, some sweeping epic. I'd like to try something different.

Sometimes I think I don't have much choice in the matter. It's just what happens, and I'm following my instincts the whole time.

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.

I'm a terrible Scrabble player.

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