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" One thing I've learned is I really want to work with people. "

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" Musical themes developing is a lot of what classical music is based on, and exposition and recapitulation - these kinds of things I find oppressive. "

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

" I think my music is experimental, playful, challenging, focused, fun. I don't want it to be thought of as trying to appeal to a certain type of person or being very cerebral. "

" I think of each record as different and not having very much in common with what went before or what comes next. "

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" 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. "

" I'm not, like, always focused; I'm very unfocused. I'm reading, and then I'm looking at my phone, and then I'm on the Internet. "

" I don't use the harpsichord because it evokes a past time period: I use it because I like the sound. "

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

" I've never felt at home anywhere. "

" It's hard for me to get shows in the U.S. It's that simple. I don't know what that means. I think it means there's not as much support here for my music? "

" I am very interested in the human voice and how we use it, especially when we aren't thinking, like the kind of stuff Robert Ashley was interested in. "

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

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

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

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

" I don't thrive in a school or academic environment, I found out. I thrive better in the world outside the small academy because I find it hard to explain what I'm doing. "

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" I don't like to talk too much about my music; I like people to just experience it and not worry what I have to say. "

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