I like to do what I do in my house and I love to play shows, but I don't want to have to go out and talk to a bunch of people I don't know.

There's a side to being in a band that some people embrace and some don't: the fact that you're performing and you care about how it comes across.

I get really affected by songs as a music listener - they mean so much and they feel so significant.

The distance thing is partially due to the fact that I'm pretty shy and I've struggled with extreme stage fright in the past. So I just have to go onstage in a different head space so I'm not as self-aware.

I'm really lucky I'm still around. Everybody expected me to die next... But it was always someone else instead of me.

I like California a lot more than New York these days.

All of my favorite records have vocals high in the mix, even if it's music that wasn't necessarily mainstream.