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 was a very good student until about sophomore year, and that's when I just became so disillusioned with the whole thing that I just became an awful student. I was still making good grades. But I was cutting class three days a week and faking papers that I got off the internet.

I think that sonically, music speaks volumes more than words do, and I have always thought that and will continue to think that for the rest of my life.

After so many years of whispery, DIY vocals, there's this new generation of voices that are really starting to burst through the seams.

When a city is unstimulating, you get pretty isolated.

The more I know, the more I realise I don't know. And the more I realise I'll never truly understand.

Often when I find myself listening to music, at least 60 to 70% of it is foreign, so I don't understand a word of it. Melody to me will always be a million times more important than words.