Twitter has to be about art. It can't be about banal things. Banal things and art are two different worlds.

There's too much emphasis on backstory and personal stuff in music now - it's not going to make the music better if I hear that you did karate for the six months leading up to it.

The decisions you make can be upsetting to fans. I've experienced that, as a listener, looking at artists I've admired. It's sensitive. We really consider the idea of natural growth versus unnatural leaps.

We almost don't want to play bigger shows than where we are now. It's kind of perfect.

I feel really comfortable playing to people who've never heard Beach House before. We've always had fun opening because you get to try to impress people.

It's really boring to talk about what you ate and have 48,000 fans listen to you. It's awful.

It's great when a huge amount of money goes from a dumb corporation into the hands of an awesome band with brilliant ideas who can use it to keep being a band for a year, as opposed to a band that's already huge taking one of those things - that's more pathetic.