I sometimes try a variance of the drawer trick - [I write it] and then come back to it and see if it blows.

I sometimes try a variance of the drawer trick - [I write it] and then come back to it and see if it blows.

I like to go play shows just to see people, so I'm not in the game of like, "You're at my show, you're gonna listen to it like this, blah blah blah."

Advice is not really very useful. People gave me terrible advice, and I guess I was just smart enough to ignore some of it.

There was no indie rock band in the 90s at the level of, like, Grizzly Bear. I listen to their records and it's crazy how good they sound. That really freaks me out.

I wanted to be a writer when I was a little kid. Then I wanted to be Pete Townshend - the songwriting guitarist who occasionally sang.

I like being a musician that's also a fly on the wall. I like people coming in the room and doing what they do and then leaving. I like attention, but it actually gives me a little less to work with as a performer if people are editing themselves and not being them.