I feel uncomfortable because I'm insecure about who I am.

To switch right into creativity usually takes a bit of time, and this came up right at that juncture where I thought, okay, here's an opportunity to work with somebody I really respect in a new medium.

I think, fundamentally, music is something inherently people love and need and relate to, and a lot of what's out right now feels like McDonalds. It's quick-fix. You kind of have a stomachache afterwards.

I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100%, because I had never reached true failure.

An integral part of any relationship is knowing that you could be killed in your sleep at any time.

My experience with being on a record label over the years has been when both of your agendas are in sync, and they're the same goal, it's great to have another army of people and resources and money. But most of the time, they're not the same. Their agenda is just simply to sell plastic discs at any cost, and yours is to preserve - at least in my case - your integrity, and hopefully sell some plastic discs, too.

Any time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I currently am.