Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise.

I think whatever you believe in affects whatever you express, whatever you create. It shapes your morality in some way. But I don't think that's something that you have to shove down people's throats. I'd rather keep it in the background, and I'd rather people came to the music in an unprejudiced way. I'm glad, in a sense, that most people don't know about me, what I do, much. I'd rather they hear the music, and then say, "I wonder what kind of person created this."

I'm always making a conscious effort to be viable and accessible.

All audiences should be slightly off balance.

I don't really know how writing process happens, how these songs are arrived at. One of the things I like about the writing process is, I don't necessarily know where it's going, and even if I think I know where it's going, it'll turn out different. I find that exciting and rewarding.

Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise.

I try to look for the good in everybody, regardless of the way they're labeled.