White people don't sing together very often, and when they do, it's about the celebrity of the song. The singing at my shows is all about harmony.

You never know when you put out an album that's unique whether it'll get beat up for it or not.

Why would I want to sound like Joni Mitchell? I've got Joni Mitchell records, and they're great, and I couldn't possibly be that good.

I'm aware that I'm very fringe, and it's nice that way.

The less I talk in bars, write emails, express myself in an emotionally lewd way outside of my songwriting, the more I have to do it through my music.

I feel like a quote out of context, withholding the rest so I can be for you what you want to see.

I used to do this big rant at the end of some gigs with Ben Folds Five. The band broke into this big heavy metal thing and I started as a joke to scream in a heavy metal falsetto. I found myself saying things like: Feel my pain, I am white, feel my pain.