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I've always just had sort of a dark take on life, I suppose, and hopefully, the music transcends that in a way.

Music is there to access those dark emotional corners that we don't normally get too close to.

Sometimes it feels like my story overshadows my music.

I feel that writers think with their noses to the ground, and the dark stuff kind of comes to me more, even though I really am sort of an upbeat guy. It's an honest descent into darkness. And you can't have the joy without the grief - it's why we listen to Mozart's 'Requiem.'

In my old age, my mind gets more open, and I listen to so many different types of music and I guess that all reflects in my work.

I found music when I was very dark. I felt unheard, with inner dialogues that I didn't know how to express.

Music is really nothing if you think about it - it only becomes something when somebody listens to it. And then it becomes uncontrollable.

Music is therapy for me. It's my outlet for every negative thing I've ever been through. It lets me turn something bad into something beautiful.

Times of my life, brief periods without music, have completely felt dangerously over the edge.