We lived in Chicago, but the music we were inspired by was from D. C.

The day of parts of the country hating each other, or rivalries like that... I feel like that's dead.

Every music journalist I've ever met has been stunningly beautiful.

I loved our music discussion. I live for discussions like that. It's my favorite thing because it means that people care about music, and actually have an opinion. I feel like it's dying. Everyone is just really like, they take a step back, but to actually have conviction about what's good and bad: love it.

As far as paintings go, I always think about what it's like to move them and hang them up and hope they don't drop. To me, that seems like a big gamble, but that comes from me not being a painter.

Avoid people who tell you that something you want to do is not possible.

I spent a lot of time lifting my drums into a van, playing to ten people night after night. I can't complain about anything now.