I'm just worn down and weary of bands whose lyrics are cryptic and self-referential.

Music was my friend when I was a teenager, and I would inhabit and take comfort in lyrics. That's how I want to write.

I'm just worn down and weary of bands whose lyrics are cryptic and self-referential.

I was definitely inspired by gospel music, or old-school R&B; I got into some Good God gospel compilations.

By the time you finish touring the record, everything that's exciting to me is what's ahead of me. I want to write the next paragraph.

I'm appalled by the tendency of some rock records to perfect everything to the point where it sounds like Botox and polish it so heavily that there's no humanity left in it.

I like the fervor of religious music, the zealous aspect - that preachers can go from a conversational cadence into this passionate singing.