EK : 100 %. And that was a period of my life where I called her ‘ She ,’ and she is a part of my past , but she ’ s no longer someone that I have to carry around with me . I honor her , and I respect her , and I recently listened to a bunch of songs off Spirit , and I just felt like … like I loved her — she was trying . But I just feel so separate from her now . And I don ’ t usually talk about myself in the third person very often , so Ido think it ’ s strange . But it ’ s just something I
my twenties .
IE : What else have you learned about yourself recently ? EK : I ’ ve learned a lot . And I think that the biggest thing that I ’ ve learned is that I don ’ t know anything . And I think that ’ s the most beautiful place to start . feel . And when I listen to her , I hear the pain that she was trying to get through . So I wish I could go back and give her a hug and tell her that everything that she did got me to where I am . So that was a huge transition in my life , and it didn ’ t happen overnight . And my process of writing records is really very cathartic for me , and it changes — it ’ s an ebb and flow , and I can ’ t really control it . And that ’ s where my problem has been — when I ’ ve tried to control what my outlet has been and what my thoughts were . When you ’ re trying to control that , the truth doesn ’ t ever really come out , because you ’ re not actually listening — you ’ re just letting your ego get in the way of everything . But Oh , my gosh — if the teenage me could hear the way that I ’ m talking now ? But I ’ m in my thirties now . Thank God I ’ m out of
IE : It ’ s almost like you created this wild decadent monster in early anthems like “ Ex ’ s and Oh ’ s ” and “ America ’ s Sweetheart ,” with a reputation you felt like you had to maintain . EK : Well , here ’ s the good news . I will always be fucking crazy . That will always be a part of my music . I just no longer need all the drugs to stay up , which I didn ’ t realize back then . So I still am an insomniac , and I still will play music and hyper-focus for hours and hours on end . But I ’ m , uh , just a little more clearheaded now .
Appearing March 11 at Metro Chicago
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