It is the melody and the rhythm that are by far the most important and then words and imagery and stuff, story bits will start to stick to a melody and that is the way I write.

A different drumbeat or some vocal overdub could completely transform the song.

My parents know that I have always been sort of a dark melodramatic kid, so they were never concerned.

I focus on the words and then I have fun putting together the music after.

I actually don't go to shows anymore. Rock concerts have lost their appeal for me.

A person with grace is somebody who's socially graceful or is a classy person, but sometimes you just feel the opposite of that, and you just feel like a jerk and a loser and a weirdo.

The song 'Humiliation' is kind of about what if, outside of a dinner party or something, I was blown up by a drone missile, out by the pool. What an embarrassing way to go.