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

The avant-garde makes more sense to me.

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

That's what my life is, writing songs.

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.

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