The writing process is very much like being in a dark tunnel, and you don't really know what you will end up with until you have created it.

Until the day we die, our lives are unwritten, which is sometimes a terrifying thought.

It bothers me that no one has the patience to deal with someone who is just sad.

It's a strange life... you really don't know how you will impact people or how things will play out.

I have an identity crisis which is not resolved because I'm a dual citizen. My whole family is American, and I was born in India but I was raised in Canada. But all my extended family is American, I've held an American passport and I've spent my whole adult life in between New York and LA. So I feel like an American... and I also feel like a Canadian! I wish more people were dual citizens and then I wouldn't feel like such a freak.

[When I happen to] read interviews where people are such pros and they come out looking so good, [it comes off as] a little smug or something.

Generally I try to read anything but indie rock journalism or anything about music at all, especially in the summer.