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

I know so many people think my music is quite influenced by Animal Collective, but honestly I think maybe the factor is that we're both influenced by the same stuff.

Contrary to popular belief, maybe, I'm a really friendly guy, I guess, and I really like meeting people. And I'm not really super impressed even if you're my hero; I can just rap with you and we can hang. I'm not gonna like sit there and bite my lip and ask questions about certain songs - okay I might do that once or twice. But it's just, like, two people hanging out.

I refuse to put myself into a situation in which I have to face some kind of "I'm losing it" kind of thing. I'm not "losing it"; it's changed. What it is is changing.

I always write the first and last song of an album first, and then the middle just kind of happens.

I don't think you should make music to make music, just to show that you can. That's the opposite of vitality.

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