I Think You Have To Know Who

You Know When People Smile Too Much? It's Painful. I Find It Really Painful. Happy Is Not Very Reliable. I'm Trying To Live Like, Um, With A Fierce Calm.

The Key Things Are About Power And About Growing Up And Realizing As You Grow Up That There Are Consequences For The Choices You Make, Especially When You Get Seduced By Power.

Musically, I Always Allow Myself To Jump Off Of Cliffs. At Least That's What It Feels Like To Me. Whether That's What It Actually Sounds Like Might Depend On What The Listener Brings To The Songs.

We All Get Intimidated By Showing Ourselves, For Whatever Reason, We Think, If I Really Show Who I Am, And Someone Goes [pfftt] Then It's Gonna Crush Me. Well, It's Not Gonna Crush Me. It Doesn't Crush You If Somebody Does That- Somebody Will Do That. Many Times. And Once You Accept That That's Not Why You're Doing It, You're Doing It Because That's Your Form Of Expression.

My Father Was A Preacher In Maryland And We Had Crab Feasts - With Corn On The Cob, But No Beer, Being Methodist - Outside On The Church Lawn.