It's a natural tendency of mine to not even listen to lyrics.

I think, if I had my choice, I would spend all my time in the studio writing, and creating music.

My dad is obsessed with music, so I was raised around this guitar player that really wanted me to be a guitar player.

I want a song that raises the hair on the back of my neck when I sing it live and I want to feel it every time.

I released that side of things really as kind of an introduction to where I came from musically, back in the day when all I had was a keyboard, a drum machine, and a four-track. So I was doing these little synth-pop ditties, and it's how I learned to write.

I have tried to write soundtracks, and the main problem with those was that the directors often had in their minds a much stronger sense of what they wanted to hear, than what I was willing to give them, and I guess there was no way to say, "Well why don't you write your scene around my music?" Because that's just cocky and awful.

I think it's become much harder because I'm more afraid of every step I take. I'm more aware of its ramifications, I'm more aware of the less creative aspects of music - like the business-side of things for example.