Once I've written something it does tend to run away from me. I don't seem to have any part of it - it's no longer my piece of writing.

I'm rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work, it's no longer his... I just see what people make of it.

Anxiety and spiritual searching have been consistent themes with me, and that figures into my worldview. But I tend to make my songs sound like relationship songs.

What I have is a malevolent curiosity. That's what drives my need to write and what probably leads me to look at things a little askew. I do tend to take a different perspective from most people.

For me, writing is such an escape, and I felt very lucky to have this to run away to.

I'm just an individual who doesn't feel that I need to have somebody qualify my work in any particular way. I'm working for me.