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

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" Amidst all the internal and external babble we experience daily, it's hard to find one's foundation. "

" I don't think all music that is considered 'avant-garde' is bad, but it's definitely elitist. I hope my music is not that. "

" I really like being home. I like being comfortable, and I'm not a very dramatic person. "

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

" I don't consider myself supremely talented, but I really like to try things and sift through it and see what mess I made. "

" I'm not an unhappy person - I'm just an anxious person. It runs in the family. "

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

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" In L.A., you can play forever, and no one around the world will hear you. "

" '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 started writing music as a composer in school, in the classical tradition. "

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" If you've ever seen paparazzi go after a celebrity, it's really freaky. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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

" One thing I do like about L.A. is the fact that you can be - whether you're famous or it's just a matter of, like, seeing people you know all the time on the street, you can be pretty anonymous and walk around and, like, not run into people, because it's such a big city and because a lot of people drive. "

" 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. "

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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. "

" I prefer to work with mystery, but that doesn't work well in an academic environment. They want you to analyze what you're doing, which is toxic to the creative process for people like me. "

" 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. "

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" I really write at home on my own, and the demos themselves are very similar to the final recordings in a lots of ways. "

" It's nice to work with people who know how to mic drums right and how to record properly. But there's something to be said for doing it yourself. "

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