Motivation is just this potion to create stuff, a compulsion to express the truth of my own experiences in this life.

Writing helps me process things that are happening to me.

If life is a performance, and I am not an actor, am I supposed to lie down and die?

My whole life was writing, recording and touring over and over again. At some point I realised I wasn't enjoying myself any more.

I love playing in front of people. I feel powerful, 'cause I don't have to really say anything - I'm just singing.

It may seem strange, but the most grateful I've ever felt was when I was held up at gunpoint. After I handed over my wallet and the mugger ran off into the woods, I thought, 'Thank you for not shooting me.' I was overwhelmingly glad to be alive and unharmed.

I've always been in this sort of perpetual state of existential longing. I feel like something's missing.