The make-up and the costumes were me being scared. I needed to create a boundary between me and the audience. To project this bigger version of myself. Outwardly, it looked good, but inwardly, I began to feel horrible.
I spent my whole life in Maryland, but I wanted to experience more - fighting to get to urban areas where there was culture.
The reality of my life is it's about 25 percent music, and everything else I do is so I can get that 40 minutes later to go play. And it is unquestionably worth every second of it.
I spend a lot of time reading and try to make sure that I can get a little bit of alone time every day.
'Alaska' was filmed at my family's farm in Maryland; 'Dog Years' was filmed at the summer camp I grew up going to in Maine.
'Dog Years' is sort of my way of saying goodbye and 'see you soon' to my friends from college.
