I Just Can't Perform Well Unless I'm

You Don't Just Have To Be Influenced By Rock, Or Goth, Anymore. It's Okay To Say, 'my Influences Are Tin Pan Music From Bali And Rihanna.' There Are Still So Many Combinations That Haven't Been Done Yet.

I Approach Music - And This Sounds Crazy - As Though I'm Phil Spector, And I'm Cranking Out These Pop Stars And Forcing Them To Do All This Stuff - Except They're All Me. But I'm Not, Like, Transgendered.

I Was Raised In A Catholic Household And Went To A Catholic School, And My Childhood Brain Perceived Medieval Catholicism As An Action Movie: There's This Crazy Omnipresent Guy Who Can Destroy You At Any Moment.

Art Gives Me An Outlet Where I Can Be Aggressive In A World Where I Usually Can't Be.

Whenever I'm Making Music I'm Always Waiting For The Shivers To Happen - That's An Important Thing For Me.