If You Always Want To Look Relevant,

I've Honestly Always Been An Overly Analytical, Highly Observant Person. I Was Playing Music But Thinking About It At Same Time, Which Was Sort Of Exhausting. Aside From The Pain Of Writing - You're Not Really In A Gang Like You Are In Band, It's A Little Bit Lonelier - I Think It Was Always Something That I'd Wanted To Do. So The Transition Wasn't Abrupt Or Painful.

I Think Grief Is A Step Towards Strength Because It Allows You To Be Porous And Take Everything In, And Have It Transform You. What Will Sit Within You Is Despairing, But At Least It's Feeling. You're Not Numb. Grief Is Sort Of The Allowance Of Feeling.

To Me, The Grotesque Is Like A Sonic Manifestation Of Reality. I Don't Know How You Could Look Out Onto Our World And See Only Beauty. And I Like Beautiful Things. I Like The Aesthetically Harmonious. But I Am Much More Attracted To Something That Is Off-kilter. It Is A Truer Reflection Of Not Only Nature, But The Human Spirit - The State Of The World. I Just Think Everything Feels A Little Off.

You Can Never Underestimate That Moment Of Somebody Explaining Your Life To You, Something You Thought Was Inexplicable, Through Music. That Was The Way Out Of Loneliness.

I've Always Been Interested In Queerness And Underground And Fringe And Periphery, And Who And What Flourishes In Those Spaces. Those Spaces That Are Darker And Dingier And More Dangerous, More Lonely. What Comes Out Of There, To Me, Is The Life Force. I'm Excited When The Center Reaches Over To Those Places And Pulls Inspiration From Them, And Translates It For A Lot Of People.