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

People want to be successful, and they want to be acknowledged for what they do. Sometimes they make really great art and aren't. Historically, the best artists weren't. But their work survived.

I think five percent of all songs can be love songs, and another five percent can be miscellaneous or political, but the rest should just be about medieval feminists.

You've got to be in a place where you can put your guard down. I've got a long list of things I consider to be selling out. But amongst that list, one of them is when you make art without putting your guard down.

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

There is something to mystery. You make up this entire world that you fit into because of what the actual music does to you.

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