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

I need punk rock. It's the medicine for me, but it's bitter and sickening. If you don't need it - if you're happy and healthy - run toward that.

It's made me cynical at a young age to see how overlooked certain groups I've admired are.

You're always as a musician trying to shock yourself or create music that's maybe even too weird for your own taste. In my case it's kind of weird because I started out being known more for ambient things and ambiguous music, but what's experimental for me is the more traditional structure. For me, experimenting involves traditionalism.

I don't like the sound of my own voice. And, for people I don't know, their impression of me is what they read on the internet, and they're so far off a lot of the time.

As a homosexual, my job is simply to sodomize mediocrity.

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