Every time I get up in the morning, melodies occur to me and I start trying to shape lyrics to melodies.

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.

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 create little challenges for myself, like, 'Okay, whatever you do in this song, you've got to somehow work in Greek Cypriots,' or something like that.

I've always found that whatever you say about indie rock, it is the most inclusive genre or title for anything. It doesn't pin you down too much, like other labels would. It's just newer, it has less baggage.

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.