One of the things I've always loved about anime is that, even though it comes from Japan, it's so international - so much of the big anime I love takes place in Italy or France or New York.

As an artist you have the luxury of maybe presenting an issue in a certain way, as opposed to actually solving it.

It's pretty cool that people will pay for something even though they don't have to. It's totally different now to back in the day. Now you're paying for a record because you believe in the band. In the future that will be the only time people will pay for albums, because there's some kind of connection.

We live in such extreme times that I think we all have a responsibility to be aware of what's happening and talk about it.

Well, growing up in the '90s, my first true love was ska music.

I'm pretty sure that the Walkmen are the band that I've paid to see the most in my life.

I still think that if you're excited about something, you have to work at it.