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

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.

I cannot wait for all the mistakes we have yet to make

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.

I do think that music videos have a huge impact on the way you listen to music.

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

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.