There's this idea that there was a point in our childhood when we were in some way better than we are now and we should try to hang on to that.

If my songs are being listened to between any other songs, that is awesome, and I'm glad people are getting something out of them.

I think taking too long to work on a record you sort of lose some of the feeling, so I write as fast as I can; it's just this manic phase where I'm by myself and or on tour and I write and I write. And I send them to the guys, and we start planning our studio ventures.

Diagnoses exist to help get people services they need - but there's no such thing as mental illness. We're all mentally ill.

I just started going to shows. I don't know how submerged I am: I feel guilty that I don't get out more, but I really like being inside the house.

There's no such thing as mental illness. We're all mentally ill and we're all haunted by something, and some people manage to find a way to ride it out so that they don't wind up needing extra help. So I think that "mental illness," as a term, is garbage. Everybody is in various states of needing to transcend something.

It's a cliché to state that one should think like a child, but it's clear that kids know something that the world tries to make you unlearn later in life.