Musicians and artists are not... it's not like politicians or something where you can't really affect them. There's not like this separate caste system where it's like, "I'm the musician, you're the audience. Never the two shall meet." It was a case where it was like, "Hey, you know what? I'm on your level, man."

I've been going through a lot of... stuff. I need some space, which people were very kind enough to give me, and I feel really gracious about that. Nobody forces me to do things or say things or do interviews.

My entire education in music was in reading interviews with bands like Stereolab and finding out about Brazilian music or a Romanian composer. You expose yourself to what people you look up to admire.

I have really low self-esteem, and it's not easy for me to put myself on an album cover.

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

I've been going through some personal things that have stirred up a lot of old wounds.

I don't have the capacity to write stuff consciously. When I do, it's really awful.