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

I'm writing a movie about Mozart going to New York in the '60s. I've been reading so many novels.

That's what my life is, writing songs.

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

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.

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

I never use the word, it's loaded. What love means to me is need.