I really do try to let the identity or voice inside come out.

But I love the hot sweat. I think overheating onstage is invigorating. It's better than being comfortable. I think being comfortable is the death of a show.

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.

I truly believe that if you think something's stupid, that might mean it's actually good.

I don't wear dresses and flowers in my hair and float around!

I was in a Led Zeppelin cover band in high school, and my highlight was playing "Misty Mountain Hop" at a coffee house in Wayne, Pennsylvania. I wasn't allowed to play any instruments; I could only be the singer because I was a girl.

Sound is a very unruly thing, and you have to really respect that it's going to differ every time you play.