I walk out my front door in New York and I'm out on the street and there are people everywhere. L.A. is so much more spread out, so it's really easy in L.A. to have a little more isolation and to just not see as many people.

I believe that the role of limited government should be looking after the needs of veterans, the elderly, children and those institutions that improve the quality of life for struggling families - I don't believe that government should bend to serve the needs of subsidized multi-national corporations and entitled billionaires.

But at the same time, I don't let myself regret things to the point that I'm paralyzed.

I always just made music that resonates with me emotionally.

In a perfect world, I would be 6-foot-3 and have a perfect head of hair and look like Orlando Bloom.

Because we find somethings distasteful is not justification enough for us to deem them criminal.

There's an aesthetic theme, which is cities at two o'clock in the morning. Not cities packed with people going out to clubs and dancing but desolate, empty streets. It's off-putting but there's a strange comfort to it as well, that desolate urban environment.