Living in Portland, which is a predominantly white city, the privilege and the luxury to be able to obsess over a certain kind of minutia, that I think, if you did not have that privilege, would never be bothersome. When people are worried about whether "local" means 100 miles, or 50 miles, or 10 miles from a grocery store, I just think, "Wow. What a privilege it is to have that as a major concern in your life." As opposed to, "Can we afford food tonight?" Sometimes I'm just shocked at what becomes concerning in these kind of communities.

Once you're away from music, I realize that's as intrinsic to who I am as anything else. That's the part that takes me out of my brain.

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.

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

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

I love coffee. I love a midday espresso on set, just for the energy.

I have to erase my Google search histories, because they always lead to an obituary.