When I do a record, it sounds more punk and raw. Or it will sound louder, or it will sound more shocking. Or mind-boggling. I'll be trying to figure it out, but once I've got it figured out I'll be like, I know this; I know where this came from. I think art is most interesting when the intention is not clear.

I was trying to write a song based on a story in a random book of Puerto Rican short stories that I found in a thrift store. I thought it was really dark, and so I tried to interpret it. I've always been interested in writing from other people's perspectives and other gender perspectives.

You're always as a musician trying to shock yourself or create music that's maybe even too weird for your own taste.

Unfortunately it's hard for me to be a fanboy for anything these days just because I see so much music.

I want to build an audience that's willing to follow us in whichever direction we might choose.

The Internet nowadays is all sensationalism, and it's just terrifying when you're actually experiencing it as a person.

Sometimes, I do have something to say, so I'll sit there and I'll write a song to someone - and then I just throw it away because it makes me cringe.