I don’t know if they’re all born that way, but it really shocked me sideways to look at my traits when I done the dna thing and see, “you probably play a musical instrument” and “you probably don’t own a pet”.

I’m sitting here next to my piano, guitar, and drums, beside two dogs wishing I could really love them the way my wife does. I know they depend on me and I’m nice to them, but my god I wish I didn’t have to share my space with them.

I always thought I played music for deeper reasons and I always thought I disliked animals because of my mom surrounding me with them as a kid.

Maybe hatred is activated in us. I was a homophobe in the sense that I didn’t think it was natural when I was younger, but I wouldn’t have ever wanted to hurt anyone. I’m not a homophobe at all now, maybe I never would have even remotely been if I hadn’t spent my entire childhood hearing it.