I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.

I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.

Even though my songs may sound very personal, to me most of them are fiction. It is a great way for me to be able to live a fantasy life as a writer because I get to be someone else, someplace else for three and a half minutes, just like the listener.

My songs are a mix of my own weird raised-by-wolves perspective and civilization.

I decided to design and build my own stereo amplifier system at age 13.

When I work for someone else, I always make money for them. When I back my own ideas, I am bound to lose.