It's dangerous to buy into praise and criticism for what you do when you're trying to present your music to people. I don't ignore it completely, but I don't dwell on it too much.

Much of appreciating art or music is really the interpretation of the listener. To a certain extent it's projection - it's what people need or lack in themselves that they then put upon these people that they admire.

There's a very fine line between one person's reality and another person's fantasy.

Although Omaha is my birthplace and the place I grew up, I don't see myself spending extended amounts of time there. I feel almost more comfortable and more at peace in New York.

I think our music is more about seeing ourselves in each other and trying to find a more humanistic viewpoint for the world.

There's a lot of optimism in changing scenery, in seeing what's down the road.

In a coma, you don't dream, you just hope that someone sits with you.