It's just cool to do something different and branch out and dabble in different genres.

As far as depths of geekiness... I have more friends in World of Warcraft than I do in real life!

That's the beauty of music, art, and video games: forget about your worries for a few minutes; it shouldn't add to them or make you feel worried or sad: it should make you feel good.

A career is a progression of ups and downs, how you deal with them and how you bounce back.

I'll play for a couple of hours and then before you know it, it's time to go on stage. It takes away any nervousness and anxiety I might have about the big crowd out there.

I need to be happy. I need to set that example for my daughter so that she goes into something she loves, not because other people want her to do something. It's a good feeling, it's freeing.

The trick to songwriting is writing in a poetic enough way that other people can identify with it.