Indie world won't have me, and mainstream world treats me like an alien, but here I am still floating between these two worlds.

Don't judge yourself by someone else's standards. You will always lose

People always called the Cure gloomy, but listening to the Cure made me happy. There was something about the gloominess that gave me comfort, and I think we're the same way.

At some point, you protest too much they think you're guilty just because you're protesting.

I dont think we're the type of band people look at and say, 'I want to grow up to be just like that'. We're like a train wreck.

I was raised a Christian, but I wouldn't call myself a Christian now. I think when I was younger it was easier to focus on the negative, nihilist vision... this is sort of picking up on the other half of the body, which is God and white light.

In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.