You just gotta go after things you like.

I see rock music as the best example of modernday storytelling that exists in our society. Songs are narratives that help the listeners cope with the reality of life that can't be easily spoken about in everyday conversation. It is a hugely powerful process of helping people find themselves through music.

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.

Music is the only thing in this world, with the exception of sneezing and looking at the sunset, that takes you to a place that's above the mundane. Everything else is just bullshit.

I have my share of insecurities, hopes and fears. My music is my way to rearrange the world according to my own hopes.

But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club.

Luxury and Ostentation usually make me feel antsy, like I'm going to get a case of gout.