There's a fairly extensive network of musicians on tour who are all trying to stay sober, and we generally reach out to each other and offer support when and where we can.

I think the word 'blog' is an ugly word. I just don't know why people can't use the word 'journal.'

I’ve never seen the need to choose one type of music at the exclusion of another. That would feel kind of sad and arbitrary.

The term 'renaissance man' is always bandied about. I don't think that applies to me. You think about Leonardo da Vinci, and he was a painter and a physicist and an architect, and that is a true renaissance man.

Music can always serve a role in people's lives when it's emotional and warm and inviting and beautiful.

I'm obsessed with politics, and I talk about it any chance I can get. I have strong opinions about how the world should be run.

It's much easier to have a diversified career as an electronic musician than it is as a drummer. Nothing against drummers. If you're a drummer, you just wait around for people to ask you to play drums. But if you have your own studio and can make music, you have the ability to approach music a lot differently.