I always want to do something that just sort of fits the mood. It's supposed to help the song, it's not supposed to take away from the song or re-contextualize it. I always feel like the less you make it a conceptual territorial debut, the better.

Everything comes with hard work. You never get to stop working. I don't see myself ever getting comfortable enough to not have to worry about working.

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

I'm a product of my environment.

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

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

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