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" I like working with students a lot and watching some of the amazing stuff they put together. "

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" I think what's interesting in L.A. is that there's a lot of variety because L.A. is very spread out. I think there is a lot I don't know about, to be completely honest. It's a very mysterious town. "

" A lot of my personal life feels very separate from my music. "

" The meaning of the words in my songs are very important to me. But what's most important to me is that the music works. "

" I like talking about my music. "

" I'm inspired by nonmusical things a lot, whether it's a film or a book or whatever. "

" I started classical piano when I was eight, but I wasn't a virtuoso. I just really liked it. "

" I often find that I like the vibe of not having technology around me. "

" I don't fit into a group very well socially. And that might be reflected in my music. "

" Putting my audience to sleep isn't what I'm going for. "

" I do have a big problem with the idea of music as a form of communication unless it's political - and that's where it's tricky because a lot of music is political, even if it's not overtly so. But my music isn't that; it's about a feeling. "

" You can have an Internet presence, but it doesn't mean anyone has any idea who you are or what you look like. Which is great. "

" I usually like to hide my vocals behind the music. I don't like to hide them consciously, but I have a tendency to prefer the vocal at the same level as everything else and put lots of reverb on it. "

" In high school, I would secretly play Joni Mitchell songs all the time. That's when I started singing and playing at the same time, and I got really into doing that. "

" If I'm kind of sad or depressed, it doesn't necessarily help me to write a song about exactly what I'm depressed about. "

" All I ever know is what I want to do next. "

" When I'm depressed is when I'm not interested in writing anything, whereas some people, I think, are spurred to creativity through their personal experiences and through depression. And for me, it's a very low place, and it's not fruitful. "

" The Beatles, even Radiohead, all of my favorite stuff I'd play on the piano. But it was all very secret - for me, for fun. I wasn't going to record myself playing those songs, and it never occurred to me to write a song of my own. "

" I just always make honest music. I just always kinda do what I wanna do. "

" 'Maxim's' was supposed to be on 'Ekstasis,' but it was very much in its own world. "

" I don't think I'll ever become a pop star. "

" I was in school for four years writing music to please my teachers. That was not music I liked. And when I make music that isn't for something I want to make, and it's to please other people, it's - the outcome is really bad. "

" The classic problem in a relationship is a person trying to control the other person. People just want to conquer somebody. "

" I take music very seriously, but it's important to me that my music is - I don't know if 'intuitive' is the word, but there's a really important element of something kind of mysterious. It's not academic or esoteric. "

" Green tea is my main source of caffeine, so I drink it every day. "

" To me, the process of art is very much a process of translation, of borrowing. "

" I basically just write stream of consciousness to a certain extent. I let the song kind of go where it wants to go. "

" You don't have to know about 'Hippolytus' to listen to 'Tragedy.' "

" What was special about Leonard Cohen's work was its calm mystery. "

" 'Betsy' is one of my favorites because it is the one to which I've imposed the least clear narrative. To me, it's so much more about the feeling - desperation - than any kind of story at all. There's very little imagery or character development; it's just about a deep and desperate search for something. "

" I don't ever like to see paparazzi much, but I have seen them, and I guess anyone who's seen them knows how scary they are. "