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.

It's very hard to tour.

I think the Internet shortens the distance between people, and that can often lead to inappropriateness.

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.

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.

It's very expensive to bring a band to New York.

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.