The studio's a collaborative environment. I just try to let people bring their own ideas to the songs and see what happens.

If my songs are being listened to between any other songs, that is awesome, and I'm glad people are getting something out of them.

When I was a kid, I was a big science fiction fan, but current horror books were harder to get your hands on.

There are real teachers out there; I don't pretend to have their mantle.

I am a person of high energy. That, and I sit down and I write when I get an idea - I put other things aside.

Literature is a mystical place for me. It's not dry. It's where miracles happen.

I grew up around some people whose parents toured a lot: tough on the marriage, tough on the kids.