I got offstage and was just looking at my hands, and they were shaking. I was like, 'I wanna kill someone! What's happening?'

An mp3 is a compressed form of data. It's not the full spectrum. It's never going to sound as good as a record.

Putting your ego aside and confronting your weaknesses and just letting things happen is hard. Not to use a Scientology term, but it's difficult to do an emotional or an artistic audit.

I do love the ceremony of putting on a record but I don't have space for a vinyl collection.

Everybody's got a dark side, but mine doesn't include being around people who are mean.

I'd listen to things that felt really good in the moment and realize they were clouded by enthusiasm or caffeine. And things that I was struggling to get out ended up being really compelling. It's an emotional roller coaster; there's exhilaration and there's shame.

I wanted to give the songs a run for their money, to see if they stood on their own without a lot of accoutrements. It made more sense - and it was easier, too - to go out alone and see if these songs could get in a couple of fistfights and still be standing.