I got kind of tired of playing, I think. But I think it will be part of my life again, maybe.

To me, that ugliness, that grotesqueness - that's the essence [of life]. That's where you realize, it's not about all the consonance and the harmony. It's all the parts that are wrong that help explain why we're drawn to something - what the mystery is - just as much as the beautiful things.

The enemy of any artistic statement is to create something that no one cares about, in the sense they have no opinion either way.

For a while I had somebody that came to clean my house that turned out to be in a band that I really loved.

I like how blogging emulates fandom because it's so completist and spontaneous. It really mirrors the way people listen to music, and I like that fluidity with online content.

[I hate] the ways that people want their special needs to be met, whether it's their food allergies or their special lotions or shoes. Or the ways that people want their neighborhoods and restaurants curated in a way that's really tailored to them. Growing up with someone who was living by these very strict, repressive rules for themselves - it made me very allergic to the idea of denial.

I've always loved writing. Doing that at the same time as playing music can be tiring.