I try to make myself, and subsequently the audience, as uncomfortable as possible, whether it's completely desecrating a song they thought was one th….

You can't really do anything creative without a source of inspiration..

I don't feel any obligation to make my intentions for a song accessible to a listener or an audience. I'm not interested in conveying anything to the….

I don't think that just because a lot of my music has a quieter aesthetic; [it] excludes me from achieving that in a live setting, from being dangero….

I think that providing obstructions in the live setting is when you get something that actually means something, as opposed to just aping your way th….

My humor is my creativity, and my skepticism is a gift..

Love is just an institution..

I guess with the way that I've conducted myself I'm in the logical spot and I'm fine with that. Even my limited interactions with success have left m….

You know, there's an economy in lyric-writing that doesn't afford you, or at least me - I usually start off with nine or 10 verses and then boil it d….

Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power..

I like the freedom of being able to just use the live show as an opportunity to more so deconstruct what's going on in the album than to recreate it..

Christian music was music that I grew up listening to that I can't say has had much of an impact on anything I have done in my adult life. Maybe Chri….

My idea of that[idea of career] is constantly changing. I mostly just throw it out to the universe and I can't really do much after that. I've never ….

If my peers had a significant impact on my music, my music would probably be a lot more popular..