There is some music that's truly dark, in that it's dark in terms of hopeless. But then again, the act of hope is just making the work of art.

Musicians always want to sacrifice our creativity to get involved in environmental issues or political activism of some sort - to reduce it to something more populist in terms of sing-alongs or guitar songs with a message.

I believe that music should be grown on trees, to be plucked like a fruit without the extravagance of harvest.

Working with the Latin language is pretty powerful. Working with a language that is not spoken vernacularly is intense.

I think the question of actually relating emotion to music is totally interesting. I believe that it is really important on some level, but it's also important not to impose your own emotions on some music that has its own emotions.

There is some music that's truly dark, in that it's dark in terms of hopeless. But then again, the act of hope is just making the work of art.

Learning how to listen to others and how to listen to your own thoughts is the ultimate process.