The world is full of bands and bullshit, and if I'm doing a stupid art project like rock 'n' roll then I want to spare my audience as much as possible.

I was been raised to believe I was an artist. I believed what my parents said and fulfilled it, like a prophecy.

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

I do enjoy my solo time ... I want to stay home and do soundtracks and watch TV in my underwear with a keyboard on my lap and just be a couch potato.

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.

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

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