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

Live on coffee and flowers. Try not to worry what the weather will be.

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

Not all the songs are real events, but I do write about stuff that is close to my heart and it comes out one way or another.

I never sit and fill a journal with lyrics. Most of the time I'm trying to write a feeling, not a story. I'm not necessarily trying to describe the details of a place or event so much as the feeling of the thing. It is a kind of weird alchemy that is elusive until it feels right.

I became at peace with the darkness or the personality that I have. I am usually pretty funny and happy.

I drink wine on stage to sort of loosen my grip on reality a little.