I'm always gonna be in opposition no matter what, but I can still cover my bases and do what I like.

I was definitely a thespian of sorts in elementary school. I went to a real small private school and every year I participated in the talent shows and the school plays, all of 'em.

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.

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

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

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.