When we look at what's going on in the world and we see the immense level of conflict that seems to always be happening - you can always trace it back to competing narratives.

I'm still very affected and moved by their music - maybe in a way that's different from someone who grew up around it.

I just find it annoying that in these sequences [of the fight scenes], traditionally, there's music trying to pump you up. I don't like that, personally, as an audience member. This just reflects my taste.

I have no shame in making music that maybe, if you listen to it long enough, you'll realize you've heard this or that part of it before. I'm still very excited by an amazingly written song, so that's really the thing that I work on when I make records with people.

You can't get good at anything unless you do it day in and day out, over and over.

I find myself in situations a lot where I have to say to someone, "This can be better," and it's hard to say that.

You can't change who you are, so I think that the only thing you can do is just never talk to people about stuff and then hope that maybe does something.