Musician

I'm happy that I worked alone on 'Tragedy,' but it's obvious that I was trying to create something much bigger than I could do on my own.

I'm happy that I worked alone on 'Tragedy,' but it's obvious that I was trying to create something much bigger than I could do on my own.

You don't have to know about 'Hippolytus' to listen to 'Tragedy.'

I started playing piano when I was eight, and I went on to study piano in school, so I have a background in classical piano and studied composition in school. Writing music came later.

I've never felt at home anywhere.

When I was a kid, I had a xylophone, and I thought that was the instrument I wanted to play. I didn't realize it was a toy.

It's hard for me to get shows in the U.S. It's that simple. I don't know what that means. I think it means there's not as much support here for my music?

If you've ever seen paparazzi go after a celebrity, it's really freaky.

I try to not think too much about how people are receiving my music. And I'm not really famous enough that it's a problem.

'Have You in My Wilderness,' the title track, is about the idea of possessing a person, or saying, 'You're mine; you're in my world now.' I was drawn to that as an idea less from my own experience than from listening to music written by men that was kind of male gaze-y.

When I'm depressed is when I'm not interested in writing anything, whereas some people, I think, are spurred to creativity through their personal experiences and through depression. And for me, it's a very low place, and it's not fruitful.

The classic problem in a relationship is a person trying to control the other person. People just want to conquer somebody.

I like talking about my music.

I think what's interesting in L.A. is that there's a lot of variety because L.A. is very spread out. I think there is a lot I don't know about, to be completely honest. It's a very mysterious town.

I'm inspired by nonmusical things a lot, whether it's a film or a book or whatever.

All I ever know is what I want to do next.

I played cello on my early recordings, but that doesn't mean I'm a cellist, you know?

The meaning of the words in my songs are very important to me. But what's most important to me is that the music works.

I just always make honest music. I just always kinda do what I wanna do.

I'm not an unhappy person - I'm just an anxious person. It runs in the family.