I think most musicians know if they make the same record twice, even if they say they don't.

I'm thinking, I'm singing like Ozzy Osbourne, but I don't sound like him enough, ever.

I'm just kind of a hippie. Age is not that relevant to the music.

Yeah, on the records, the guitars are made melodic, and I try to make it memorable. There's not much just wanking, to be honest - it's mostly melodic parts. I try not to play too many notes. It's just more instrumental music. It's a totally valid criticism if you don't like that kind of thing. It also is maybe a little anachronistic or unnecessary in a certain way.

When I was in high school, I was a late bloomer. And just like all those supermodels who said they were gawky and no one liked them, that was me - metaphorically. And so I was ready to rise like a phoenix in later times.

A good voice isn't so important. It's more important to sound really unique.

Despite my own doubts of being marketable or crushworthy, my goal was to write a record of peppy pop songs, hopefully without annoying anybody.