As long as artists can make something, artists will continue to survive.

We feel more and more intensely about the music we make. It's unexpected, and not always what you would think of in Beach House. It's all art in the end. We aren't making records because we have to; it's because it's what we want to express.

When something goes into the world, you immediately begin to develop another perspective on yourself, another identity.

In general, I think I'm a very private person. But I also love human beings.

People who create art would be fools to assume they know exactly what people are going to think of it.

I like to find the beauty in the ugly. When I'm in a thrift store, I gravitate toward pieces I know I'll wear a ton, and insane pieces that I'm sure most people would consider gross. But I find them inspiring. Our van is currently stocked with some of my random findings from this tour. Maybe I'll call my aesthetic 'van fashion.

There's something to be said for being classically trained on piano, but not having your whole makeup be tied to one instrument.