I dont think I threw myself into music because I had the best intentions; it was because I was really angry.

I still have a very nonintellectual, nonjudgmental relationship with melody and the music as I hear it all in my head.

I get to live down my reputation for being cantankerous if I slowly evolve towards being a really good live show.

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

I definitely don't feel a sense of jealousy or competition, and that's a really good feeling.

As for performing live, I just never imagined how it would work out; for good reason, because it doesn't just work out - not the way you think it will. It's a chance that you take.

I sang "Patience" by Guns N' Roses for my sixth grade talent show and I wanted to be an actor when I was younger. It was all very, very theatrical. It was only later that I separated the two and thought of myself as quite the opposite of an actor.