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.

There are lots of people in the world whose existence doesn't revolve around American culture.

Until the day we die, our lives are unwritten, which is sometimes a terrifying thought.

I don't really write journals and stuff and then adapt them to music, it's completely within the form of the song. My great obsession and basically the bane of my existence is caring probably too much about every word, but it's too late to change my career path.

The nature of making music and making art, what motivates me is that it's interesting. It's interesting to listen, to really listen to other people's point-of-view. Take in their work. Listen to the way they sing. Listen to the way they write lyrics. What they are trying to express.

[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.

Sometimes it's better to live through someone's work than the person themselves, and to realise that every human being is flawed, but through art they can be perfect.