I don't really like New York better than Portland. It's just a different place.

People can be chaos but it's hard to fit it into some creative piece that you made. It's hard.

I went walking around the city some more, people watching with a cold, blank stare. And I saw your face in everyone, I swear.

I want to keep making records as long as I can and that's the beginning and end of my concern about selling records.

There's always that argument to make - that you're in better company historically if people don't understand what you're doing.

It's a lot easier to tell the truth usually.

You can take a picture of New York and one person looking at it will think it looks really depressing, frightening; and someone else will look at it and think of all the fun things you can do in New York. I think songs are kinda like that.