I can't say I don't get nervous, but I really kind of enjoy performing now.

That's what music is to me. Like, stuff that I really like to play loud. And I've got my quiet CDs, too, that I listen to around the house, but if you can't go there, then... Everyone gets so upset with me, I can't win

All parents gush about what it's like to be a parent. I love it.

Composing gives me a chance to work in multiple dimensions and helps me pare down my melodies into what is essential. Learning new skills has always energized me and scoring has opened up a world of sonic possibilities.

When it's me in my living room, it's pretty pure, and then what gets recorded involves more people, and it keeps escalating from there.

Like, I kind of developed my musical style in a vacuum. Even though I listen to a lot of stuff, the way I wrote was in my bedroom, really privately. It's still the way I write, actually.

I have my head screwed on right. I haven't been this way in a long time.