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 couldn't do rap. I was trying. I don't know how. I'm not good enough to know.

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.

Because I'm quiet, people think I'm really cold, or rude, or snobby. But I'm literally scared to talk to them.

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

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

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