Writing Songs For Other People

It's Very Easy To Fall Back Unto My Old Ways When I'm Working A Lot. It's Important For Me To Continue To Find Solitude And Peace In Nature And Escape The City And The Industry As Much As Possible. That's Where I Reconnect And Remind Myself What I Learned In That Time In The Woods When I Was Isolated And I Recharge Myself. If I Don't Have That, It Would Be Really Easy For Me To Fall Apart Again.

I Have A Tattoo On My Foot That Says 'it's A Whale' In Japanese, Because Japanese People Kill Whales. My Stuffed Whale Was Like Most Children's Teddy Bear. I Took It With Me Everywhere. I Slept With It. I Couldn't Live Without My Whale.

I Feel Like D.c. Is One Of The Places In America That Really Holds On To History. The Monuments Inspire Me, Especially At Night.

I Moved Out To L.a. When I Was 17, Dropped Out Of High School, And Pursued A Career In Music.

I'm A Shy Person, So I Get Really Nervous Going Into Interviews.