'Have You in My Wilderness,' the title track, is about the idea of possessing a person, or saying, 'You're mine; you're in my world now.' I was drawn to that as an idea less from my own experience than from listening to music written by men that was kind of male gaze-y.
You can have an Internet presence, but it doesn't mean anyone has any idea who you are or what you look like. Which is great.
I started playing piano when I was eight, and I went on to study piano in school, so I have a background in classical piano and studied composition in school. Writing music came later.
I started classical piano when I was eight, but I wasn't a virtuoso. I just really liked it.
I just always make honest music. I just always kinda do what I wanna do.
I often find that I like the vibe of not having technology around me.
I played cello on my early recordings, but that doesn't mean I'm a cellist, you know?
I am very interested in the human voice and how we use it, especially when we aren't thinking, like the kind of stuff Robert Ashley was interested in.
'Maxim's' was supposed to be on 'Ekstasis,' but it was very much in its own world.
One of the struggles that I have with classical music is the way one thinks about a recapitulation. There's always this idea of themes, and I have trouble with that.
The classic problem in a relationship is a person trying to control the other person. People just want to conquer somebody.
David Bowie - I definitely knew some of his music as a teenager, but I didn't actually listen to his music as much until I was in my 20s.
I think what's interesting in L.A. is that there's a lot of variety because L.A. is very spread out. I think there is a lot I don't know about, to be completely honest. It's a very mysterious town.
I don't use the harpsichord because it evokes a past time period: I use it because I like the sound.
It's nice to work with people who know how to mic drums right and how to record properly. But there's something to be said for doing it yourself.
Putting my audience to sleep isn't what I'm going for.
I try to ignore people's opinions about my music - you don't want to hold yourself back because of that stuff.
Amidst all the internal and external babble we experience daily, it's hard to find one's foundation.
If I'm kind of sad or depressed, it doesn't necessarily help me to write a song about exactly what I'm depressed about.
I usually work in a room which is totally cluttered with my mess, and there's stuff everywhere, and it's kind of chaotic because I am a very messy person. I could totally write in a pristine environment, but it would mean I would have to be at someone else's house.
