What inspires me is anxiety and the quest to try to change things in my life. …I got addicted to endings and beginnings and to the idea of always moving around. …Obviously, whenever you’re going through something that’s the best time to create, if you’re going through something amazing, or horrible, or nothing at all you should be creating. Unfortunately the songwriters of today generally torture themselves to make sure they’re writing good songs and take it a little too seriously.