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

Well, I'm known as a guitar-rock guy, you know? You're not supposed to play with synthesizers. This is not in the rulebook.

I have a musical ancestry as much as I have a family ancestry. Honoring those ancestors gives you access to a greater source of appreciation and information than you would have if you were just going on your own ego system.

Well, we have brought certain things upon ourselves. I've certainly brought things upon us with my mouth.

I was trying to be this person who is cool, eternally rocking.

I feel completely free to do whatever I want and how I want to do it. I feel unburdened by my past.

Your basic person wants to talk about material culture, internet culture. I think about God, cats, nature.