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.

I think I'm still a little too intense for my own good sometimes.

I've done my share of busking, and it's fun until it isn't. There are musicians in the subways that will make you cry, they're so good.

The idea of writing songs because you're depressed and you need to communicate it somehow, that isn't really true for me.

My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.

The weirdest time is when I'm having to explain myself all day to journalists, and then I don't perform, so there's no release, just a lot of self-consciousness. Then what do you do with that at the end of the day? How do you release your brain from talking about yourself all day?

Guitars are kind of just, you know, sexy, especially old vintage ones.