“I like the idea of everything being as raw-sounding as possible, with nothing covering up the sound.”

“It’s good to be prolific, and it’s good to always be playing; however, I think you’ve gotta have a lot of discretion.”

“I want it to feel like you’re 15, jumping up and down on your bed with your friends.”

“I’m starting to sing about subjects rather than being completely and totally internalized.”

[Waterloo Park; Austin, TX]

“I’d like to think that I’m doing rock music in a new way.”

[Barcelona, Spain]

“Maybe it’s just survival of the fittest and who’s got the biggest gun or something like that.”

“I totally love to work with things that can go wrong or go random.”

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