I've been so entwined with technology since I was about 15, recording myself and multitracking and producing things on my own.

Well, I've been recording myself on a computer since I was about 13 or 14. So it's completely entwined with my creative process. Essentially, it allows you to make music that's better and smarter than you are, by using your ears to lead the way.

I needed to be myself and find my own identity.

I'm used to hearing myself. My own voice.

It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do something for myself.

I've been a photographer all these years... I haven't been in my own darkroom for 10 years.