It must be one of those narcissists who only appreciate things when they're gone. I'm too sensitive. I need to be slightly numb in order to regain the enthusiasms I once had as a child.

There's definitely some pieces in there that reflect on my personal life, but really, they aren't as personal as everybody thinks they are. I would like them to be more personal. The emotions, the songs themselves are personal. I can't do it - I've tried to write personally and it just doesn't seem to work. It would be too obvious. Some things that you could read in could fit into anyone's life that had any amount of pain at all. It's pretty cliche'.

Total peace after death, becoming someone else, is the best hope I've got.

My lyrics are a big pile of contradictions.

Just because it's all you want, doesn't mean it's all you need.

You can't buy happiness

I want to do something different, really different, and if it alienates people that's too bad.