I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.

It takes me probably about four hours to get into the groove [with making music]. And it's really important for me to not break the groove.

There aren't many other labels who I can say are that successful, and can give me as much as 4AD gives me, and still have such a great roster.

I know texture is really important, but I think texture and stuff precedes songwriting a lot of the time these days.

I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don't feel that way about anything else.

I find it really hard to throw myself into something artistically where I'm making up a whole character and finding something for that character to do.

I'm just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.