I'm really bad at being nonviolent.

If you're with an agent and they don't like where your work is going - the pressure behind it is the pressure of the hierarchy which says "I know what I am talking about," which I find offensive.

Some things are so sad that they have no name. I have tried to name them and I can't.

Go ahead and do what you're doing.

There doesn't seem to be a lot of stance from the outside of that world to disagree.

Being well-mannered and gracious and kind are things that I value really highly.

As a songwriter and musician, it strikes me that in music, a certain territorial nature when it comes to one's own autonomy around life and art is common and understood.