I like that gathering moment where the music is about to begin, that moment right there. It's like jumping out of an airplane. It's that moment when the lights go out and then you're in it.

There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state

I respect Chris Carrabba as a songwriter and I also respect his past. He's got this fierce, straight edge, kind of hardcore core. There's so many songs that people are connected to and they all came together in a kind of DIY way, which I really do respect.

Sometimes something will come along, and it feels easy and sometimes you'll get 85 percent there on a song and the last 15 percent will elude you for three years.

A lot of people say I wouldn't have a down day, but you look at the music and there's real melancholy.

You make kingdoms and castles on your own.

My music is my way to rearrange the world according to my own hopes.