Eat the pain. Send it back into the void as love.

Our nature is to desperately want to believe and to take what we believe is the quickest path there even against our better judgment.

I have a handful of really close relationships in my life and I depend on those people heavily to carry me through and to help me stay steady.

There’s no “correct path” to becoming a real artist. You might think you’ll gain legitimacy by going to university, getting published, getting signed to a record label. But it’s all bullshit, and it’s all in your head. You’re an artist when you say you are. And you’re a good artist when you make somebody else experience or feel something deep or unexpected.

I'm bisexual, but it's not the sort of thing I spent a lot of time thinking about. I've slept with girls; I've slept with guys, so I guess that's what they call it! I'm not anti trying to use language to simplify our lives.

I don't feel at home in New Orleans. I don't feel at home in Austin or L.A. And I just felt immediately at home in northern Australia.

I think performance art comes from a simple place of wanting to express things beyond just sound.