For me, self-gratification eventually took a backseat to trying to do something collaborative with other people, to trying to make something new.

The things that keep me awake at night are things like textures and instrumentation and plotting out what things are going to do and what the sounds are that I'm trying to capture.

Funnily enough, I feel the most free to be myself when I'm not doing my solo project. Whenever I'm in a situation when it's a side thing or it's something not so infused with my ego. When I'm all over everything, it's a big responsibility and half the time leaves me in some weird nether state of insecurity and doubt.

My goal is to make something special and pure, and that keeps me going, keeps me busy on the path of sobriety.

I love having the impulsivity to change course. I think it's key to keeping things fresh.

I had my gothy phase, but I was never a troublemaker or anything like that.

There's always room for improvement. I'm always focused on the results, and those are the precise things that I don't really experience as a part of the performance.