There was a telemarketing job one summer in high school that I was rejected for. I still walk by the building that I actually had the interview in. It's still in New York, and I always think about that job and why I didn't get it.

I watch movies all the time, so it's hard to pick certain specific directors that have inspired me in the aggregate.

That's the nice thing about collaborating with someone: Your work becomes a conversation.

I don't agree with the idea that my characters are unlikeable.

Friends of friends had bands in college or in their early 20s and had a moment where they had some kind of interest from a record label or manager. It's always interesting how people handle those decisions and those moments.

My dad was a great movie companion. He wouldn't diminish 'The Jerk.' If I liked it, he liked it. He could see it through my eyes.

I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s.