You can never underestimate that moment of somebody explaining your life to you, something you thought was inexplicable, through music. That was the way out of loneliness.

I think proteins are really good for your brain. And your brain is where comedy comes from.

I always felt that the most common thread in my life from when I was young until now has been a highly observant, very analytical mind.

Even if, personally, I'm in a place of contentment or solidity, I feel like it's hard not to look out into American culture and see vast inequity, widespread institutionalized violence and racism and transphobia and environmental destruction. It's hard to be in this world and feel a sense of innate satisfaction at all. There's plenty of things to feel unsettled about.

There are foods you should avoid. For me, sugar is a no. Because it gives me a spike and then a crash.

I'll admit that I'm not quite certain how to sum up an entire year in music anymore; not when music has become so temporal, so specific and personal, as if we each have our own weather system and what we listen to is our individual forecast.

I don't think you need to sound like from where you're from. But I think there is something magical and powerful about encompassing something fully and singularly.