I sampled a bit of stuff from my dad's collection. He has probably a bigger record collection than I do. I try to buy as much as possible, because I've never been able to keep an MP3 collection organized. I like to keep my computers as clean as possible.

I want the material I make to be mine; that's always the goal of the record and of the show.

The goal for me is, I build the record that I put out as one individual song. Even though it's broken up into tracks, to me it's like one hour-long piece of music. In assembling the whole thing, I'm really thinking, okay, it's gonna end here, it's gonna start here, and I kind of have the idea of the journey.

A lot of people aren't aware of the years and years of humiliation and horrible shows I've played.

I always like the people who keep moving forward, but kind of stay in their own lane.

I want to make something that's fun to listen to but still challenging and unique.

That's something I've always been down with: creative commons and people being able to license their music and allow other people to reuse it and recycle it.