There is something comforting about going into a practice room, putting your sheet music on a stand and playing Bach over and over again.

I really like the sound of analog things where clearly there's something being touched. You can sense that something is handmade. So much with digital, there's a disconnect.

Every time I make a record, it's kind of like scarification or something. You work 15 hours until you're stupid. You're just kind of all jittery.

When I'm onstage, I'm completely comfortable, and I feel very vital and alive.

I guess I'm attracted to more archaic words because they can be imbued with more meaning, because their definition is elusive.

When I start asking my friends, "What do you think this means?" And it leads to way more interesting conversations than what it actually ends up meaning in the dictionary. Like "apocryphal," for instance.

I think life is a wondrous thing. I'm happy to try pretty hard.