I Have An Intense Desire To Constantly

I Grew Up Going To Punk Shows, That Kind Of Thing - I Don't Wanna Make Pop Punk! - But I Like The Idea Of People Going Totally Crazy And It Being Really Intimate, Loud And Super-aggressive, But Combining That With Pop Music.

Sometimes You Find People Who Are Magnetic, But Once They Get In Front Of A Camera, They Freak Out And Get Weird.

I Was Raised In A Catholic Household And Went To A Catholic School, And My Childhood Brain Perceived Medieval Catholicism As An Action Movie: There's This Crazy Omnipresent Guy Who Can Destroy You At Any Moment.

I Think One Of The Reasons I'm Successful As A Musician Is That The First Like 30 Shows I Played, I Played With No Monitors Standing In Front Of Guitar Amps In A Shitty, Smoky Warehouse Where People Were Screaming And Wasted, Knocking Over My Gear. So Shows After That Seem Pretty Easy!

Even Though I Really Admire What Beyonce Does, And She's Probably Got One Of The Best Live Shows In The World - Honestly! - That's So Not My Style.