I always wanted to get into rock music so I could cover up my real personality, change my voice, and create a false self to hide behind.

I always wanted to get into rock music so I could cover up my real personality, change my voice, and create a false self to hide behind.

The first half of high school, I had a girlfriend, and then the second half I got to know these guys who would just get stoned and jam. I had struck the goth thing by then, but I still thought of myself as Ian Curtis or something.

I had my gothy phase, but I was never a troublemaker or anything like that.

The ideal is to live forever, right? Or to live right now and just be grateful that I feel good. I'm definitely grateful for every second that I'm alive. At this point in my life, I definitely take time out throughout the day to just stop and be like, "Everything is cool." It's as good as it's gonna be, because it only gets worse.

I think about music in the way that I heard music as a kid - like, Oh my god, there's this weird rubbery ball of undulating things.

There's always room for improvement. I'm always focused on the results, and those are the precise things that I don't really experience as a part of the performance.