I don't have any money to hire actors. I just need to get people who are going to do a good job being themselves.

I approach music - and this sounds crazy - as though I'm Phil Spector, and I'm cranking out these pop stars and forcing them to do all this stuff - except they're all me. But I'm not, like, transgendered.

I don't want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living.

Lately I've been really into screaming a lot through delay [effects], having seven people on stage topless going crazy, stuff like that. Really in your face, but maybe more organic than choreographed dance moves.

My great fear is that I'm the ultimate shallow person. I think about this kind of thing a lot, and about this phenomenon in our culture where people identify themselves with their interests. I've been trying not to think about it too much. It used to really upset me when people called me "witch house."

If you tell someone you're doing something innovative, they'll think you're doing something innovative.

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