Everything I write is personal, really. Even when I'm sarcastic, it's quite personal. And on this record, from the production to the singing to the performances, I got it really honest. To the modern ear, it seems soft. When you hear it against other things, it seems vulnerable. Lyrically and musically, though, this is more subtle. And, yes, it's asking a lot of someone who's used to being hit over the head with bright neon to listen to this.

Being capable of anything is a bullshit concept, unless it means you also admit that you're capable of cheating, lying and killing.

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.

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.

The way I see it, there's only one melody for any song.

I have manic energy. What can be done about it? I don't know what to say sometimes. I'm professional in public, but I like to stay inside and be a hermit.