A lot of stuff is dark in a way, but unless you're really looking at a situation for what it actually is, it's hard to be hopeful - or meaningless to be hopeful about it unless it's actually based in a real possibility.

I find myself a lot more open to bands if I just hear their song. It gives you an opportunity to engage with the thing itself and not be overwhelmed by everything else that surrounds it.

The film Black Orpheus is one of my favorite films of all time, which is set in Carnival in Brazil.

What I miss [about church] is being forced to be in community with people that aren't the same as me.

Major labels just lost their way. It's like the housing bubble. They lost a sense of the fundamentals.

I don't think the emotional quality is the defining quality of the music but it's definitely something that people have picked up on a lot

Years ago, in order to stay sane, I had to really make an effort not to think about how people view us. There's just so much noise, positive and negative, and not much good comes out of thinking about it.