I guess the role of art is to make something that is ambiguous and complex.

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

I think in some ways, whether you've ever actually been to Portland, people definitely understand this highly curated niche lifestyle, because a lot of people are sort of striving for that now. Or they're hating on it.

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

People give the words life through their own adoration or relationship to the work, and that's true of everything. You can't divorce critical or fan reaction. Once it exists, you forget that the words are arbitrary, or you start to remove value.

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 hypochondria always plays a part in the healthcare landscape.