That’s why I make music. When I listen to my favorite music made by other people, that’s what it does to me. So as a musician, I’m just trying to do the same thing with music I make. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. But when someone comes to me and says the music I’ve made has affected them emotionally, that’s the most gratifying part of my job.

The moment a career is on a quantitative downswing, your loathsomeness is sort of attenuated.

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.

I love that vinyl is actually growing in popularity, and that there are so many great record stores.

Up until I started working with him, I had thought that music was a nice thing that I enjoyed and liked making, but it wasn’t a serious healing modality. What Dr. Sacks has proven is that music is actually a quantifiable, profound healing modality.

People love their favorite records. And I aspire to make a record someone might be able to love in that way.

Sacha Baron Cohen is one of my heroes.