Art and music are the vehicle for the zeitgeist.

Sexuality, and sexual orientation - regardless of orientation - is just natural. An act of sex is one of the most human things.

The song is about asserting yourself and reclaiming your humanity through an act of love.

When I write songs, I try to remove myself a little bit. Obviously they're very personal to me, but it feels easier if I feel like I'm writing characters.

The song, to me, is about what it is to be a human, what it is to love someone as a human being, and organizations that would undermine that, and undermine the more natural parts of being a person

Art and music are the vehicle for the zeitgeist.

I am a politically motivated person, and that will come through in the music. I'm not sure if every song will be Take Me to Church, but I can only hope that people enjoy the body of work that I have ahead of me.