Sometimes you have to burn yourself to the ground before you can rise like a phoenix from the ashes.

I'm like a phoenix. I rise from the ashes.

I would like to burn them to ground and stand on their ashes.

How can you rise, if you have not burned

I don't like irony and sarcasm very much. But I do like it when you think someone is telling you a joke, and then you discover it's serious.

I realize that 'Postcards' was like input, and 'Ghostwriting' was output. I had all these frustrations and feelings before I did those two projects. 'Postcards' was something that brought new life and creative inspiration into the record, while 'Ghostwriting' was relieving myself.