I plead total ignorance to Led Zeppelin. I am totally in the dark about them.

I was just totally taken by Michael Jackson when I was a little kid, like everyone else.

For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.

Yeah, I can't separate the art from the music and the music from the art. I think that stems from going to school for film first, and kind of stumbling onto music as my career.

Working pretty much nonstop as an artist, the hardest thing is to know what to do with yourself when you have some time off. You struggle with yourself to take a vacation.

I feel like every five to seven years I really need to put myself in this position of discomfort and exploration, just to survive. Otherwise I feel like I'm falling asleep, like I'll go crazy if I don't do it.

Bands that I've loved over the years are the ones that have a certain myth around them.