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"I like stories. The whole galaxy is open to me and the freedom to make a space-themed symphonic album was there so I grabbed it."

“I was really repressed and felt like I had zero business doing anything on stage until I was like 20.”

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"A lot of [the lyrics] come from personal experiences. I had written a whole lot of songs that maybe were kind of story-based and sometimes I’d bent the truth to make the story more compelling."

"I did some collaborating with great people – the guys in my band were incredibly important with this record. It was a really collaborative experience for me."

“I guess like any normal married couple there were times when we were like ‘Alright, I don’t want to work with you anymore!’ out of frustration more than anything."

"If an EP is testing out a sound, then a single is like a whim – we just went in a direction to see how we liked it, and I think there are definitely some things we’ll want to change in the future…"

"It’s all about space, the galaxy... We’re all geeks, we’re into sci-fi movies so that’s what ties us all together."

"I think I have always wanted to get into the studio and have a really good chunk of time on my own and work on my own songs, without record company pressure, and just be really free."

“It would be great for it to be an ongoing thing whereby people say, oh Songwriters’ Circle, four songwriters where we can go and listen to their guts. I’m not doing it to make a million bucks and go to the Bahamas, I’m doing it because it is the part of music which means the most to me.”