You're not really going to know what a place is like 'til you've lived there a few years - you sort of just have to go with your gut.

As an artist, you always have to be growing. You don't just want to do what you already know people like.

You can get into anything if you are determined. I always thought that with music, too.

I grew up in Southern California, so the whole concept of a local music history is still kinda novel to me.

What's funny is that people think, "Well there has to be something more than wrestling, because wrestling has such an absurd quality to it." But if you tell a love story, people don't ask what else is in there. They say, "Oh, it's just a love story." All stories have many levels, but these ones show their hand and say, "You might want to look a little deeper."

I crave music that'll sort of hurtle me into space and release me up there.

I really love Durham more than any place I've ever been; some small towns can be really provincial and strangling, but Durham is the best city in the world.