I sometimes write as if I were talking to myself, or to a mirror, or to someone for the last time. There's this element of confrontation.
I enjoy singing the songs a certain way, but I don't even know how the writing even began. To me, it's work that is kind of invisible; it's a weird kind of work to have because you're not working, but it's not not work. Formulating your thoughts and making a melody that's catchy enough for people to listen to what you're saying is really hard!
In high school I was in a band called Goodfight, but it was more me running around on stage. It was very punk inspired. Then I started to get into indie-rock and older music and decided I wanted to write my own stuff. I quit the band. Around 16 or 17, I started recording myself at home on keyboard and piano.
I've been writing a lot of songs in twos, songs that are like twins in my mind.
I guess that in a lot of ways, my writing is more of a character to me than something that I feel personally attached to.
Music is the first thing I ever cared greatly about. I've been singing and writing songs since I was six or seven.
In a lot of senses, things are definitely changing in my life, and with what's going on around me. But I still feel like the writing process is as intimate as it as before, if not more. Because I need my time more than I had before.
