I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it's dark.

I grew up with four brothers, and in the back of my head I feel pretty masculine. It's always funny when I hear recordings of my voice, because it's so deep when I hear it in my head.

Mariah Carey is my favorite singer because her voice sounds utterly groundless. It's not even a human voice; it almost sounds mechanical.

I like going crazy. And not just for art - I like extremes in general.

One thing with Montreal is it's so cold and everyone's so poor and beer's so cheap: if you go to a show you have to brave the weather to get there. So you show up and everyone's soaking wet - there's a sense of 'I trekked through three feet of snow to get here!' I think there's a kind of camaraderie that arises out of that, that's important to me as well.

If you look at the way people behave at shows, icons are now musicians; they are the people that we worship.

I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.