I learn from thinking about the future, what hasn't been done yet. That's kind of my constant obsession.

It would be a stronger world, a stronger, loving world, to die in.

I've just recently started doing the promo bits for the new album, and the funny thing is that the people who come to talk to me about these things seem to be getting younger. It's like the people who like the music are all young kids and they're on top of you - they know all about what you're doing, and they're excited and animated about it. So it's a lot of fun.

In the studio you have pretty much carte blanche with whatever you're doing. You can turn natural instruments into electronic instruments.

What I enjoy most about being on stage is that the natural instruments give you a greater freedom with texture. When you use natural instruments they have their own resonance.

That's what my life is, writing songs.

There was a time where I was the youngest one in any group, and now when I turn around sometimes, I'm the oldest one in every group. It just seemed to flip-flop one day - it wasn't a gradual thing.