Whatever is going on in your life when you're writing has to somehow seep into your work.

Whatever is going on in your life when you're writing has to somehow seep into your work.

I love comedy. I like to think that there's a sense of humor in some of my music - obviously not all of it.

You're never really happy. I'm certainly not. That's a good thing. It means you're always striving to do better. You hope the next piece will be better.

I think as a mature artist, you're probably always trying to undo the compromises of one's self [in general]. It's not necessarily to do with youth.

I think snow is so evocative and has such a powerful atmosphere.

I split it up into working on the two narrative pieces that can tell a story. The scariest thing was whether I'd be any good performing live again. It was such a long time since I'd done any live work. It's so different for me than recording. Every night my audiences were what I would dream of. You could just feel their support.