The idea of self-effacement, the idea that you feel so powerless that the only tiny morsel of power you have is over your own ability to deny yourself food - that to me is a very profound and sad methodology and indicator of how powerless a lot of people feel in this world. That they will turn that onto themselves until they are physically smaller. I think it's affected my worldview a lot - just being sensitive and empathetic towards the ways people want to be small. I don't wish smallness for anyone.

To me, curiosity is married to optimism. And that's where a lot of my motivation comes from. A lot of my way out of depression and anxiety is that intersection between optimism and curiosity. Because it means taking a step forward with the hope that there will be discovery.

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.

"We can't name it, but we can sing along." That is my ultimate relationship to any art form, but especially music.

I would love to do a reunion tour if it only involved basements across the U.S.

Music has always been my constant, my salvation. It's cliche to write that, but it's true.

People are wearing fleece, which is a hard fabric to be angry in.