I hope nobody I wrote about becomes too upset.

Usually I'm only using my instruments when I'm recording or playing a gig.

I love playing piano, too, but I don't sit around doing it all day. Part of that's because I don't have one in my house - I only have synths.

I'm a bit of a control freak, so I always appreciate being inside the nuts and bolts of the music - I don't like newer programs that paper over your cracks.

The nice thing about working for a label like Domino is that there's no pressure: They've got a roster of 40 active bands, and they can bang out an album or single in a week, so it's not the end of the world to not have a Max Tundra album in 2005.

Making music is a total hassle, really.

What bugs me are parodies - they're never as special as the original thing.