I wanted to create a more spontaneous outlet for my songwriting to have alongside the more long-winded process of making an album. I wanted to have some fun.

I didn't have a home in the world, so I wanted a home in a person. I felt like I had found that, and then it was taken away from me.

I started playing bass in my friend's band for some reason. It was just something I did because, well, he asked me if I wanted to play bass and he played me this song - Nirvana's version of "Molly's Lips", the Vaselines song - and he said, "You can do this! This is not hard!" and it's like a two-note song. I learned that and then I thought I was a genius.

It's time to find someplace where I feel like it's home.

I wanted the album to be aerodynamic, like an airplane taking off from a runway - all of a sudden you're in the air.

I hate when songwriters refer to their songs as babies.

I realized I needed to work with other people instead of doing everything myself.