I'm really not working in a environment that's sonically pristine. It's not a conventional studio, obviously; it's a bit ramshackle.

It's just a spare room in my apartment. It's very cluttered and not particularly aesthetically inspiring, and it's very un-noise-proof.

Learning how to record has been super empowering for me, because I spent so many years going into the studio and watching other people do it. I guess a lot of musicians have gone through this because now recording is really available for everybody.

I'm really terrible at sort of figuring out the thing that's going to make the money, I guess.

People tend to eat through the cello. They tend to take out the things that make it beautifully cello-y sometimes.

I find when I'm touring or when I'm traveling, I just enter this other world kind of. It's much easier for me to be creative and be unselfconscious about creating when I'm home.

I enjoy touring and traveling because that's the time when I get to read, and listen to music. You have all that downtime, which is great for that.