Almost every band has somebody who's the main songwriter and who has a vision, a very clear idea of how a song should be.

There's something in life that's cool, it's relatively cheap, and fun, and populist. Even when it's elitist.

Men are men and women are women, but the men are dumber than the women, usually.

What we're doing now, it's usually more based on records that I've bought or a projection of what I can do well now and the inner dynamics of playing with the people I'm playing with, Janet Weiss and Joanna Bolme, what we come up with. What works for us doesn't, like, have that much relation to the past.

I think it's just entertainment for people that are interested in the form. To sing along to and be psyched by.

If you'd rather learn how to ride a horse or something, I would say do that. That'll keep you out of trouble. You would think a band would get you in trouble, but I think it's the opposite.

I'm not sure if you can blame everything on the American way of life, but the United States are big. So, if you have a lot of people there, the percentage of stupid people is bound to be higher.