I think it's cool to give people encouragement.

It's too bad music can't be like movies. For me, playing music and listening to music and creating music is very environmental. It creates a certain environment; it sets a specific mood.

Around the time I dropped out of college, I decided to start taking what I liked about short stories and apply it to writing songs - to make these things that would change and keep going.

I definitely don't want to play by myself. I don't relate to playing music that way. I like interacting with people.

There's something scary about the unknown. And maybe the scariest movies couldn't ever be made because they are too deep in somebody's head, too unknown to get out.

Music can be so manipulating - especially in terms of horror. It's such an important part of building the tension.

I always thought it was important for my lyrics to come from a really honest place.