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

The avant-garde makes more sense to me.

In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places.

I like it here in New York. I like the idea of having to keep eyes in the back of your head all the time.

I'm impatient. I get twitchy. When I get that feeling I just go out and make something happen.

I want to get lean and mean, keep it minimalist.

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.