I'm not trying to cut myself off from the rest of the culture by not licensing.

Licensing can be great. You get money for work that's already done. It's not a horrible thing to me, there's just some things I don't want to soundtrack.

I wish that I myself did have faith in God, that I had a religion, sometimes. But not always.

I love America, and I love living here.

Sometimes I forget that the label's been around so long that some of the bands they're singing now might be influenced by the first wave of Sub Pop bands. Is there anyone on that label that you look up to or borrow from?

I'd like to believe there are people who are good, I know there are good Christians and good people from every faith who just want what's best for humanity.

Eventually, I thought that it's interesting to make some rules for yourself while you're working on one project so it sounds different from the other stuff you do.