Generally I try to read anything but indie rock journalism or anything about music at all, especially in the summer.

I think a sexual energy is a positive energy.

I like the idea that you would participate in mainstream culture, especially for young girls and young kids who are looking for an alternative. It's not that I'm superior, but I know that my heart is in it more than people who get into music for other reasons.

[When I happen to] read interviews where people are such pros and they come out looking so good, [it comes off as] a little smug or something.

We don't have T-shirts with my face, but there I can see the beginnings, especially young girls seeing me as sort of a icon in that way. And in that regard I'm more than happy to step in.

Of course there are influences, of course there are things that are inspiring, but it's weird to think that I'm trying to keep a mental inventory of them and report them clearly to whomever might ask.

Life is passing you by as you speak, you're on a path and you're all on the same path toward death.