I love getting out there and traveling and doing shows and all of that. But when I can be home, it's a special time.

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

When I would play pop music at underground shows, it was offensive to some people. I wasn't doing it to piss people off: I just didn't believe in those strong divisions that you're supposed to listen to this or that.

I listen to music constantly, and I'm always hearing things I love that I'm excited to use.

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.

The point has always been to make music, it's not like I've always been running a giant money making scheme.

I feel like all the artists that I really love, they've had a strong contingent of people who really hate their work as well.