Musically, some of the acts that I've really been identifying with are: Fleetwood Mac, Roxy Music, Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre, Earth, Wind & Fire, in general music that seems to have a lot of romance to it and a certain glamorous idealism.

A lot of my ideas come from McNally Jackson bookstore. One of my favorite things to do is just go there and look through architecture books and interior design books. Something about the aesthetics of space and beautiful images works with my brain.

Most of the writing that I do is a complete train of thought process. I'll just be walking down the street or sitting on the toilet or whatever and something will pop into my head and I'll record it on my phone and then over the next little while it'll develop a little more in my head.

I think that there is always room for improvement so I am seeking to reach as far as I can in my field of art, film and animation.

A true artist is practically married to his or her art form so I just couldn't turn my back on it.

We should not let negative influences get to us.

I was also always interested in the aesthetic realm - architecture and that kind of stuff - but music was my first love.