I feel like now if you're going to start a band you have to have an Instagram full of yourself looking a certain way, lined up like five dudes in mugshot alley, hanging out by the bridge or up against the wall, or "We're in a library for some reason!"

The cynicism doesn't come across in the final; it can be taken as a very sincere plea for someone to not go away.

Oftentimes, when music is just blasting out it seems like it's overcompensating for something missing in the song's structure. When I think of the music that I listen to constantly, it's never like an assault.

Most of the bands that I really hold in my heart - you don't think about them as bands; they're just the soundtrack of your life.

The feeling of being halfway through a show and just realizing that there's nothing you can do to save it - it's a horrible feeling.

I want to be around these positive, expressive people who are doing something different and who also want to get the hell out of there and don't want to be around basic human bullshit.

I have nothing against people getting their band back together, but the artists I love marked a time in my life, and to merge that time with now can be personally depressing.