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It is something I recognise in myself. I do eavesdrop. I do people-watch, a lot.

The process of receiving information for me is seeing, hearing, and feeling their energy in my frame of reference. That doesn't mean I see the individual, unfortunately.

I prefer to imagine that my wife, a few friends, and occasionally my mom are the only ones who read what I do, though I realize that this is somewhat unrealistic.

The more you think about and interact with other people, the more you realize that it is untenable to privilege your interests over theirs.

I know when I sit with my band members and we're playing back a song that we've done, I know that they're experiencing it in a completely different way and hearing stuff that they're alerted to because the way the interpret the world is through their ears. Mine is through my eyes.

When I think of the things I have, it makes me a little uneasy. I don't want people to think I've lost touch with reality.

I'm finding things out about myself as a person - as a writer - as I write, and so are the people who listen to what I do. But they have this additional aspect of how they take the stuff that I do, and so it broadens the work, and it creates this strange connection.

I think I was perceived in one fashion. A video is based on a song. I think you can get glimpses of people's presence within that. There's some people you enjoy watching more than others.

The way I work on music is that I go into my studio, and I start playing music, and I see what happens, and... I never think about it.