In the last few years I've been listening to jazz more than anything else. I listen to a lot of world music and experimental here and there.

With 'Elect the Dead,' I learned how to make a rock record without a rock band and make the rock record I've always wanted to make.

Composing is what I love most from what I do. Each genre has a unique expression that you cannot supplant with another. All the records co-inspire each other though they are not tied conceptually in any way to another.

As long as people are living their truth or their vision, whether they're activists or not, that's the important thing.

It's important for all people, and not just people in bands, to speak out on social justice issues. That means journalists or plumbers have just as much of a responsibility to do that as artists.

Awareness in our society has flipped all types of injustice on its head.

Sometimes a good love song can change the world and create positive energy more than any political song can.