I've never really had a desk job, but I've died one day at a time all over the place.

For me songs are born out of the gray space, the things I don't fully understand, the things that I can't put in my pocket.

I've experienced more sunrises with my bandmates and friends out on the road than with my wife, because we're always up at these strange times in the mornings trying to catch a plane.

Greed, envy, sloth, pride and gluttony: these are not vices anymore. No, these are marketing tools. Lust is our way of life. Envy is just a nudge towards another sale. Even in our relationships we consume each other, each of us looking for what we can get out of the other. Our appetites are often satisfied at the expense of those around us. In a dog-eat-dog world we lose part of our humanity.

As far as when I'm writing a song, I think I'm writing first and foremost for myself.

I think of myself as more of a lover rather than a fighter, but sometimes you have to fight for what you love.

I often use music as a handle for very emotionally explosive substances: love, sex, God, fear, doubt, politics, the economics of the soul - these are daunting thoughts in the back of my mind that I rarely visit without the safety gloves of song.