My mom worked at [American] Vogue before I was born. She has always been fashion-minded. I grew up with original Yves Saint Laurent sketches on the wall in our house. A lot of that rubbed off on me.

All I'm trying to do is make music that people like and that makes people happy.

Music is an opportunity to say every single thing that you want to say. People will pore over whatever you say and however you say it and, for me, it represents complete freedom of speech.

I don't think fear necessarily is a core human emotion, but I do think fear of death is something that is at the core of every person's existence.

Recovery culture teaches you that you have to repent. I don't think that's necessary.

Drugs are fine for you alone at home, but when it comes to being a family, which a band is, it just messes everything up.

I'm like part of the Kurt Cobain school of writing lyrics, which is the syntax of the words is more important than... is where it all comes from.