Many Artists Use Their Own Lives As

Most People I Know That Have Work That Is Very Meaningful To Them Pay The Price Of Having To Work All The Time.

I Think In Particularly With Young Kids Who Don't Have A Lot Of Positive Influences, Pop Culture Almost Becomes A Larger Part Of That Self-discovery And How You Define Yourself.

I Work In A Medium Where I Get To Be Totally Invisible And I Get Great Pleasure From That, Being A Pretty Self-conscious Person.

I Think The Interview Form Works Best On The Radio. There Are A Lot Of Personality Traits Conveyed In A Person's Voice, The Rhythm Of Their Speech Or How Confident They Sound.

My Parents Were Pretty Open About A Lot Of Things, Especially My Mom. And Any Kind Of Little Crazy Thing I Was Into, She Was Very Supportive Of. You Know, Whether It Was Bmx Bike Racing Or Being In The Boy Scouts Or Surfing Or Anything Else, She Always Seemed To Sort Of Support It. And I Think It's Because She Was An Immigrant And That Idea Of Sort Of Having Her Kids Be Able To Have Access To Their Dreams And Whatever They Wanted To Follow Was Very Important To Her.