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

Here's the thing with lyrics: Words are just another musical instrument.

I might've set out to write a particular song about a particular girl, but my experience will run out after four lines, so instead of getting obsessed with the girl, I write about the clothes I'm wearing.

I'm actually embarrassed by the idea of writing songs about myself - I imagine someone hearing them and thinking This guy is a bit self-obsessed. I don't know if I really have a persona, in that respect. I want to just make the music and hide away.

A lot of student films in art shows are samey. It's a look at the life of someone making these boring films.

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.

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