What you see at the Field Museum is only like, 10 percent of the collection. It's birds of paradise and passenger pigeons and in all these drawers that pull out, these specimens come out and it's spectacular. And it worked out.

I also don't believe that "everything happens for a reason," which is in a similar category of world-views.

The melodies come out so strong that I'm like, "Oh, crap." It's really better if they could both be kind of able to compromise, but the melodies, even more recently, they come out very fully cast and formed.

Sometimes I just think we're not meant to fly halfway around the world in a day. That some kind of mutation is going to happen.

I've always had levity in my songs, so I like to turn things over, twist them around, and make fun of myself.

A good espresso to me is a little bit salty; you just become used to a good taste. Anytime I go into a new place and they don't clean their machine properly or the water temperature isn't right, it tastes awful.

Most of the songs that I appreciate are lyrically vague.