I love Seattle, but I am definitely excited to be in a new place. Growing up there and then living in an apartment in the city for seven years, I just felt stagnant.

I don't really hang out with anyone. I'll hang out with my band ... but I don't have any friends aside from that.

I was raised up believing I was somehow unique.

The notes sound like they're coming from inside your mind... It was the closest thing to a psychedelic experience I've ever had.

I'm looking forward to doing things more intuitively in the future, just going with whatever happens and not immediately categorizing it as potentially good or bad or original or whatever.

The lyrics to me are a result of the emotional and creative climate present while making the record as well as personally going through a sort of mid-twenties stock-taking.

I think that's becoming more and more of a priority, letting other aspects of life take precedent over making music, or just approaching the whole thing more holistically.

Every time you pick up an instrument, it's not always out of necessity - for a certain kind of person, it's a choice.

You want to think about certain styles of music as being reflective of a certain culture or a certain time or a point of view. You don't want it to be just an intellectual exercise.

I don't know that we're really going to need a label for the things we're thinking about doing next.

Sometimes I do get writer's block but it's more of a writer's doubt - I'll try and write but nothing goes anywhere because I start thinking everything sucks.

Leaders who do not help the people must be replaced by the people.

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

I've had to write in a different way because I'm not in a bad place and I'm not heartbroken, so there's no one I want revenge on.

There is something still more to be dreaded than a Jesuit and that is a Jesuitess.

Hurt, he'll never be hurt--he's made to hurt other people.

Lord Help the Mister that comes between Me and My Sister.

Having listened to people for a long time, I believe many of us should be thankful not to be shot.

The longing for order is at the same time a longing for death, because life is an incessant disruption of order.

They say that children become men, and men become children. Many generations have grown up, become men, and gone hence.

A clear rejection is always better than a fake promise.