That's really where my heart is, unfortunately - I'm less interested in songwriting and more into just making noise.

Art is... a reflection of a greater divine creation. There really is no separation.

I've always been obsessed with electronics and using computers and software. It's always been part of my vernacular.

I think a lot of my interest in history now isn't so much in places and names and texts and public figures, but more in examining all the nuances and idiosyncrasies of particular stories of everyday people. And if that doesn't happen, then I usually transplant myself and my own stories to a particular historical event. Which is why you'll see me, the first person pronoun, interacting in a song about Carl Sandburg, or you'll find my [sic] interacting with Saul Bellow. It's sort of a re-rendering of history and making it my own.

I'm terrified of just being myself because I think it's boring. I know who I really am and I think it's boring.

The Internet is just one big gossip chamber - that's why it's so fascinating and entertaining. It's a fabulous platform for superficial communication.

One of my strongest memories is my father playing bongos in the living room in Detroit listening to Motown radio. He was this skinny white bald guy, but he was really moved by blues and Motown and funk.