Most of the songs that I appreciate are lyrically vague.

I don't like to disappear between records. I like to play shows while I'm making the record.

What's cool about indie rock is that one band can do effectively the same thing as another band, and one band nails it, and the other one doesn't. I like that elusiveness.

I've never approached classical music in a formal way, ever. I couldn't read very well. I'd have to play every piece and internalize it, almost as if I had written it myself.

I am, in some sense, a writer. Even though I kinda downplay the word thing, I do enjoy writing sometimes.

Songwriters can sort of get away with murder. You can throw out crazy theories and not have to back it up with data or graphs or research.

The weirdest time is when I'm having to explain myself all day to journalists, and then I don't perform, so there's no release, just a lot of self-consciousness. Then what do you do with that at the end of the day? How do you release your brain from talking about yourself all day?