The complete self-absorption, and childish indulgence and disregard, and having to feel as though everything you're doing is so people can live vicariously through you, so you have to pursue more and more unpleasant pastimes in order to satisfy the armchair people. That's a kind of scary existence.

I think a sexual energy is a positive energy.

The things that I've seen where people are trying to change the definition of what a band has to be, those are the things that end up being inspiring.

I do like touring but my life sort of starts to fall apart under it after a certain point. So you just have to stop. And it's hard to.

Oftentimes the most produced and synth-tastic songs are the ones that end up sounding the best acoustic.

In my imaginary utopian world there would be a greater allegiance between music writers and musicians.

[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.