I listen to nothing or classical music just because after being in the studio for twelve hours, the last thing you want to do is listen to anything.

If you want to make something that's aggressive and challenging and peculiar and strange and trying to step outside of a traditional approach, some people aren't going to like it.

People would lambaste me or attack me, and I'd be like, "I'm being honest! I'm the one person that's being honest and sincere about what I'm doing." The rest of the world doesn't want to admit the fakery of entertainment on TV, but I love the fake. I think fake is beautiful.

The things I'm making and doing I really like and think are interesting; I'm drawn to them.

We, as band, always positioned ourselves between art and entertainment, which often works against us - Fischerspooner is between business models. Art is about limiting access to the product to create value, and entertainment is about dispersing it. We've put ourselves in a position where, if we reach conceptual perfection, it's career suicide.

If something was confusing or difficult, then it was a positive thing. Confusion is a positive.

It was cool to feel this global electronic thing happening. But it just got to be too much at a certain point.