I collaborate a little bit with different aspects of my own mind. I kick my own ass instead of kicking other people's asses.

You read about that Black Lips/Wavves fight as a spectator and you're like, "Oh man, I'm gonna pick a team to be on! I'm gonna put my two cents in as my status update on my Facebook page" or something. Not to sound like an anti-technology person, but it's just a real drag that people live their lives that way.

We didn't have MTV, and I was desperate for something. You know, you're young, you want something off the beaten path. And Twin Peaks was like, surrealism on network TV.

I don't know if I have any real aspirations to be an actor. It was just something I was asked to do in sort of a friend way. And I thought, Why not?

When money and fame happen too late, it's like pouring kerosene over a fire of self-loathing.

That's what culture is based on, the passing down of a certain narrative by imitation.

I'm a really friendly guy, I guess, and I really like meeting people.