In my little world, I'm very protected 'cause I'm treated like the idiot I am by my buddies. But, a little bit outside that world, people sometimes expect heavy things from me. For a little time, I tried to appease and not disappoint people but in the end you're just going to kill yourself and fail if you're trying to give more than you are.

I like California a lot. There's a lot of space, but it's actually the most populated place in the nation.

You have to collaborate with the moment and the environment. It kind of was magnified by the house being a studio.

Of course, before the internet people found records, too. You can still do it. It's just that people like to make the least amount of effort as possible.

I always wanted to move to New York because of the Velvet Underground, because of the picture that they painted of New York City.

Within America, there are extremely different place. I'm not saying it's one homogenous color. It's obviously an incredible place. There's no other place like it, and it's incredibly diverse.

Having friends who are records nerds - that's the best thing you can do, have a record-geek friend to take you far.