You feel like you're trying to show off your cool by mentioning the five bands that you know are great and the five books that will reflect well on you. I can't do it. I should take the time to but I don't want to take the time to do that.

You don't want to be conscious of everything.

I love to read about music and about art, but I don't try and take things about mythology or guidelines as to how I'm to behave as an artist. It's the realm of intellectual debate. Actually, more and more my direction is trying to get further away from being self-conscious of what the parameters are of the mainstream, where it intersects with the underground.

I like the idea of interviews where you just talk about stuff instead of where it's my chance to talk to my public through something else.

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

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.

It bothers me that no one has the patience to deal with someone who is just sad.