I still have a very nonintellectual, nonjudgmental relationship with melody and the music as I hear it all in my head.

The world is full of bands and bullshit, and if I'm doing a stupid art project like rock 'n' roll then I want to spare my audience as much as possible.

I envisioned all these people who had been admired for having been freaks in their own time, and I saw myself in line with them.

Confidence was never in short supply in my case. If anything, I think I overshot the mark with confidence way too early in my career, and gradually, it's about just getting more humble and wanting to sit down more.

I remember being very psyched for our first tours, despite not knowing about the endless stream of situations and setbacks that we'd face.

I always want to do something that just sort of fits the mood. It's supposed to help the song, it's not supposed to take away from the song or re-contextualize it. I always feel like the less you make it a conceptual territorial debut, the better.

I was been raised to believe I was an artist. I believed what my parents said and fulfilled it, like a prophecy.