When I'm performing, I hope my research and my experience with those things I'm talking about rings true.

The things that are reflected back at us, often times, are appealing to a base instinct that's about response as opposed to reflection. So for me, it's important to turn on a piece of information that might interest people, you know, that might interest them in pursuing or researching maybe, or even just thinking about it in that moment as I'm performing it.

I would always write lyrics and songs on the piano.

I always composed music as a little kid.

Everyone speaks stupid.

There are things I believe in to a certain extent, as much as a scientist would. And I like, through the means of entertainment, to explore those ideas.

As a child I was very into gadgets and machines and robots.