Once I picked up an electric guitar, I lost interest in piano, and I just wanted to rock. I studied piano for so long, I got burned out on it.

When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write songs. I didn't have a concept. I didn't think it through. I was just flailing around doing what comes naturally. It took me a really long time to step back and deal with what I was doing with any kind of perspective or self-awareness.

I tend to fall for the archetypal, talented, charismatic rock boy.

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 always believe that a person can learn so much by just jumping into something and trying to do it rather than having someone else teach you everything.

I'm totally committed to the cause of individuality. That's the only thing I stand by: independence.

I could make a whole album with no one else involved at all. It would be a total, unadulterated expression of myself. Because whenever you have others playing on a project, their influence becomes a part of it.