I'm a kind of hard-wired pessimist. I can't help but see the world in a certain kind of way.

Most screen violence is tedious.

My music has to do with beauty, and it's intended to, if not lift the spirits, then be a kind of a balm to the spirits.

When I start writing songs, and they come easily, I'm always very suspicious. That usually means they're reminding me of something I've already done before. When the songs become unsettling, and I feel anxious about what I'm doing, that usually means it's going to be more interesting later on when we actually record the stuff.

Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly.

Music is storming, driving, relentless, devotional, slinky, subtle, heartbreakingly-beautiful sounds that, lyrically, switch from the cynical to the sanguine, the defeated to the defiant, dealing in love, war, beauty, children, romance, rejection, Pethedine, poetry, panties, God, Auden, Johnny Cash, cold potatoes, too-much-money, not enough money, writer’s block, flowers, animals and more flowers. But maybe I’m projecting here.

I'm not religious, and I'm not a Christian, but I do reserve the right to believe in the possibility of a god.