You can build up expectations for a song before you record it, and then it's like nothing's good enough in the studio.

People who are thinking about your music almost as much as you are, that almost never happens.

It's not set in stone. I like to keep it rolling and changing, and so I am like, "Great, I get to remake my song."

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.

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.

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

Pretty much any given day, barring some major distraction, I get melodies coming to me. Lyrics don't come quite as easily. So I've been inventing little projects and challenges to sort of kick my ass with the lyrics.