I'll forget about you long enough to forget why I need to

It's like a spiritual elevation that occurs when you're playing and becoming one with the instrument or players on the stage.

I like interacting with human beings, so being on stage feels like a larger version of that - kind of like throwing a party.

I feel vulnerable a lot interacting with human beings and being honest with people, and if I read their energy kind of not getting or shutting me down or this feeling of where we're not connecting, that's kind of a vulnerable place for me.

I have a strong desire to connect. And so when I don't get that, I leave that situation feeling particularly wounded.

Staying present and staying myself in the midst of others is important.

When I was a kid I just had headphones on all the time, and it changed the way I see things and the way I interpret things.