Love is the answer to a question that I have forgotten

I go through insanity before a show. It's not really a process but it's like absolute mortal fear.

I spent the '80s in the Soviet Union and when I came to America it was '89 and I was in an immigrant bubble and we didn't have MTV or cable, so I kind of discovered the '80s when I was already older, maybe in college. And I continued to have this romantic obsession with all those films and there's this sound I hear in my head and it's kind of this bittersweet romantic, dark sound.

I think songwriters are more related to fiction writers. The Odyssey was a story in song. To me, that's so beautiful, all those painted characters, all those travels and adventures.

You're using your headphones to drown out your mind

You decide if you're ready for something. It can come in the guise of, "Oh, I don't think I like this."

I have this obsession with the '80s because I missed all of it.