I prefer to be reclusive and private about my creation and then, once I'm finished, present it to people.

I love stretching myself musically.

I was trying to break out of the suburbs, and when I did break out, I don't think I took my whole self with me - I think I played a role of being too cool and hip.

I just don't fit into the box.

It seems to me like the Internet allows you to break that structure a little bit. You know, here's your CD that's going into stores, here's your EP that you offer online, here's a subscription for songs you recorded on the road, here's your live stuff streaming.

Music is sound. It's a wave. It's going out and coming back, and it's bouncing off.

I always give the encore over to chaos, so people can yell out requests and I can hack my way through a song that I don't really know anymore.