Africa. There are a gazillion different languages people speak there, different bone structures, so vast and different.

I heard somebody say that the war ended today, but everybody knows it's going still.

I know some people really try to avoid music when they're writing and recording, but I am very inspired by so many different musicians, and I need to learn. I sit around and try to play along to certain songs that I really love. It helps you explore new territory. I don't think I listen to enough.

Trying to find comfort in perpetual discomfort has been my life's work.

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've always noticed talking about lyrics is like talking about a duality. It's like a Gemini time every time I talk about one line. Because each line, of course, means different things to different people, millions of interpretations. With me, I always see two sides. I just see things split into two.

I didn't want to make a record that was just guitar and voice, that was just the technology available to me. At the time, I remember thinking, "I am making a Faust album." That didn't translate.