If a musician is making a mediocre, self-indulgent body of work, they have to know that, for the most part, people aren't going to be interested.

The aggressive, energised, political, or even politicised, culturally aware music hasn't really existed [recently].

When I was growing up, all I wanted to do was fit in, but if you're perpetually an outsider, it gives you a perspective that might have a little more objectivity than people who really feel connected to their social environment in which they grow up.

The worst case scenario is you really like someone's work, then you meet them and they're a self-involved, entitled douchebag.

When I was very young, I played in a punk-rock band, but I also studied music theory and classical music.

I don't put a lot of pressure on myself when I'm writing. It feels like if I come up with something good, or I come up with something bad, I'm not too worried.

I've never seen Friends; I've never seen Seinfeld. I've heard people reference these things but I've never seen them.