So I try not to have any actual expectations for myself for any level of success or failure.

I like to do the splits onstage

I can do a gig without an instrument

I am the byproduct of an Ellis Island orgy, basically. I'm everything. I've got quite a mixture in me. I know a lot of it and I don't know some of it. I'm pretty mixed up, but mostly Russian and Irish.

So if I was dating somebody now and the relationship didn't work out, I'd take that as failing

I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on

I could tell it was a popular move as a writer to walk down the bass lines while you were writing a song.