The guys in high school were like, "You've got a nice voice; you should keep singing," but I never honestly thought that one day I'd be a singer. When you're young, you don't see the signs.

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

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 don't like to read the Internet; I'm not aware of what's going on.

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

I like to hear what other people's interpretations are, because people come up with things I'd never thought about.

I studied voice and piano as a child, although, at least with voice, you start over at puberty, because your voice completely changes.