I have pit bulls barking at me on half of the love songs.

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

I'd say recording and playing on stage are two completely different things. Being up in front of all people is like jumping off a cliff into icy water. The recording process is a totally different energy.

When you realize that the baby's healthy and born, it's a release and you're so happy.

I usually always think of characters and sometimes the characters are a little bit invented, so it's nice to give these invented, blurry, personas an actually name. It makes me get closer to them or something like that. But they're not all real, they're weird amalgamations of reality.

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

Lyrics need to be good, but they don't need to be obvious right away.