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When I was in college, I was in the theater department, which for anyone who has been involved in any kind of theater program, you know that it's really wacky and tight-knit, a real family. Me and my good friends from college would do random shows and plays that were sometimes serious, but most of the time really goofy and funny.

I was inadvertently raised in the 'gay community.' I had straight parents, but I spent massive amounts of time at a very early age with gay, theater-hopeful thirty-somethings.

I always make time for the things that are important to me.

I've always enjoyed fashion and dressing up for things, whether it's high fashion or play fashion.

We are a categorically obsessed culture, where we have to compartmentalize everything in reference to another thing, like, 'What does it sound like? Does it sound like this?'

I don't take breaks, man, I'm always doing something.

I'd like to be writing songs for other people - I just like writing songs.

I'm incredibly anal about everything that I do.

I'm very specific and ambitious in plotting out my goals and never take no for an answer - so it's not like things just fall in my lap.

I play mostly guitar, and I played drums in my brother's band for a while growing up.

Theater is a living creature. It takes a while to break in, like a new pair of shoes.

When you're an artist, you have to hope for everything and expect nothing.

The cool thing about music is no one can take music away from you, writing wise.

I believe singing should be like being an actor. People shouldn't have any problem buying an actor being in a comedy or a drama or a horror film. That should be the same way with music.

I'm not a mean person.

I'm in a real minority as far as having really supportive parents in regards to the arts. They never batted an eye as far as not letting me do that stuff. That's invaluable. I can't believe how unabashedly supportive they were about everything, between music and acting.

I'm like any other composer. If you give me five years to write a symphony, I'm still going to be asking for more time two days before it's due.

When I'm in the U.K. I find myself using a lot of Britishisms.

I mean, part of me would love to be a fat tenured professor of theater someday.

Hollywood is a strange, strange thing. I feel like I've been invited to a very exclusive ball and I'm just trying to make nice with everybody and hope that if they kick me out they'll at least give me a ride home.

I mean, come on, Beyonce's the queen of pop music. She's the queen. If you could run for queen... I would put her name in the suggestion box. She's incredible.