I Moved Out To L.a. When I

I Didnt Have Any Knowledge Of The Music Industry When I First Got To L.a., And I Really Didnt Know On A Creative Level What I Wanted To Sound Like, So I Had To Do A Lot Of Experimenting. It Led To A Spiral Of Depression And Being Broke.

Mazomanie Doesn't Even Have A Stoplight, So It Doesn't Do A Lot. But The Cheese Curds There Are Unbelievable. I've Never Had Them Anywhere Else, Even At Places In California That Claim To Have The Real Thing. There's A Cheese Factory In Arena, Mazomanie's Neighboring Town, And They'll Give You Fresh Curds That Are So Amazing.

But Do You Ever Think Of Me, When You Lie? Lie Down In Your Bed, Your Bed Of Lies.

I Lived In A Cabin In The Woods In Oregon, And I'd Basically Given Up On The Music Industry For An Indefinite Amount Of Time. And While I Was Out There, I Came Up With A Very Specific Vision Of What I Wanted My Music To Sound Like.

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.