Once You're Away From Music, I Realize

I Think When You're Writing From Your Own Life, It's Hard Because You Realize That People Have Their Own Assessment Of How They Look, And They Don't Know How You Will Describe Them.

[i Hate] The Ways That People Want Their Special Needs To Be Met, Whether It's Their Food Allergies Or Their Special Lotions Or Shoes. Or The Ways That People Want Their Neighborhoods And Restaurants Curated In A Way That's Really Tailored To Them. Growing Up With Someone Who Was Living By These Very Strict, Repressive Rules For Themselves - It Made Me Very Allergic To The Idea Of Denial.

Well, In Some Ways I Had Sort Of The Opposite Experience Of Other People That Are Sort Of Dreaming Of Being In A Rock Band. I Was Dreaming Of Like Corporate Lunches And Just Like, And I'm Not Really Joking. Like The Whole Idea To Me Was Really Appealing.

I Like To Connect With People Through My Work. That's My Favorite Way - Meetings Of The Minds, Fans At A Show. Those Are Nice Mediated Ways Of Hanging Out.

Even If, Personally, I'm In A Place Of Contentment Or Solidity, I Feel Like It's Hard Not To Look Out Into American Culture And See Vast Inequity, Widespread Institutionalized Violence And Racism And Transphobia And Environmental Destruction. It's Hard To Be In This World And Feel A Sense Of Innate Satisfaction At All. There's Plenty Of Things To Feel Unsettled About.