We gave up on the idea of trying to make the record a good representation of the live performance.

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.

When somebody grabs a movement, you're kind of locked into it. It's all par for the course.

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.

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 content with making records, but I don't want to be doing the same thing all the time.

That's what my life is, writing songs.