I haven't done rap... I can't do that too well.

Progression is important. I'm always going to play music in the general vein of rock'n'roll, but when I started I was very much associated with the West Coast lo-fi thing and I didn't want to get anchored in with anything that was just in vogue for the time being.

Metallica - they're so demonic, they're crazy, I don't know how they do it.

I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol.

I used to be a hairdresser.

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

I've always admired people with really strong presences and felt that caring about the visual component of what you do is not intrinsically superficial or vain.