My friend Phil Morrison directed a lot of my favorite videos back in the mid- to late-90s - all the Yo La Tengo videos that were funny, a Juliana Hatfield video. He was such an influence with me, and I wanted to do a video the way Phil used to do videos. I did that for Phil.

I get so much inspiration from people working hard at music, even though it's nothing to do with what I do.

I love doing the show more than anything. It's truly the most satisfying thing creatively that I've ever had in my life.

I always have a lot of respect for people who do things. Even if it's the worst garbage on earth.

I keep thinking the bad guys will win in the end and take it all away, but somehow it all seems to keep working.

Look, you couldn’t pay me to listen to their music, but I still feel like I have more in common with Insane Clown Posse than I do with someone who just sits on the sidelines and shits on other people’s work and who never puts themselves on the line.

In indie rock, there's the phenomenon of: "Oh, this guy seems totally normal, but he's actually crazy." There's more of that out there than you'd think.