I like loud electric guitars because I like how you can just lose your entire being in the sound.

I'm always trying to push myself into unfamiliar places with the music, sometimes without success, I have to admit. But I'd rather be there than relying on a style that people recognize and want to follow.

Playing an old record doesn't interest me at all. It's exactly the opposite of what I want to do.

I'm more interested in pulling out strands of joy from both myself and the audience. I'm not saying the music or songs are "light," just that when they're performed with the correct commitment it's a source of real pleasure, for me anyway.

Maybe in the future I'll put out someone's one-off project, but generally I don't have time.

It wouldn't interest me to try to sound like Cop or something. It would be silly and soul-crushing.

When I walk around New York now, there are so many ghosts. I find it very uncomfortable. There were many hard years, and I never really achieved any kind of comfortable financial success, so I just associate it with struggle. When I had a chance to get out, I was elated.