That's the main work that I've done in my life - really wanting to get past that gender trap where there's a certain nudity in poetry. It's not about showing my soul, it's about observations.

[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.

Of course there are influences, of course there are things that are inspiring, but it's weird to think that I'm trying to keep a mental inventory of them and report them clearly to whomever might ask.

It's not my fault that people are perverts.

The things that I've seen where people are trying to change the definition of what a band has to be, those are the things that end up being inspiring.

For as long as I can remember, I have written songs because I wanted to, because I was experiencing something that couldn't be described except through a sound.

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.