It's so nice to have a band name you don't have to explain.

I've learned to really enjoy video games. It's really toxic to have in your house, because it's really distracting.

I've never understood people who play up the artifice of music.

I've realized that I have a lot of different loves, and I want to pursue writing, but I can never divorce myself from music.

For film and television, it's interesting how fans feel that their particular ways of manifesting their affections are the correct ones. It's not just about being a fan, it's about how you perform your fandom. That's always been interesting to me.

The natural world operates by its own set of rules. The animal world, all the places that are feral and ungovernable, that's where I find a lot of inspiration. There is just as much beauty there, but there is also decay and violence.

It was writing about music for NPR - connecting with music fans and experiencing a sense of community - that made me want to write songs again. I began to feel I was in my head too much about music, too analytical.