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 think grief is a step towards strength because it allows you to be porous and take everything in, and have it transform you. What will sit within you is despairing, but at least it's feeling. You're not numb. Grief is sort of the allowance of feeling.

It's very common to think that we're always evolving, that we've changed so much from our younger selves, that within decades we've transformed into these different people. We like to think that. I feel in some ways that I am still so much my younger self. There are ways that I'm different: I feel like I'm wiser and kinder. But I think a lot of the impulses are still the same. I learned that.

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.

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.

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.

I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other genres.