The music usually occurs to me as a complete sound, and then I have developed the skill of being able to translate that into a fully realized song.

I'm not dissatisfied, just not satisfied in an ultimate sense.

I remember being very psyched for our first tours, despite not knowing about the endless stream of situations and setbacks that we'd face.

Talk about a struggling artist having to work against enormous odds ... But I love movies so much, so I'm going to do it.

I tried to just do things like make some money, be responsible, help out other artists who I see have had a similar path.

The first half of high school, I had a girlfriend, and then the second half I got to know these guys who would just get stoned and jam. I had struck the goth thing by then, but I still thought of myself as Ian Curtis or something.

I knew what I wanted to do, which was to become a recording artist, so I definitely felt like I had a calling. The performing part was the part that I wasn't sure about.