To me, the grotesque is like a sonic manifestation of reality. I don't know how you could look out onto our world and see only beauty. And I like bea….

The fact that people go to Portland to visit a tiny feminist bookstore-no matter what the impetus is for them getting there-the fact that they go in ….

I think we as people struggle for what is meaningful in our lives, and I think that modern, contemporary life is as easy as it's ever been, for many,….

I like to connect with people through my work. That's my favorite way - meetings of the minds, fans at a show. Those are nice mediated ways of hangin….

I always felt that the most common thread in my life from when I was young until now has been a highly observant, very analytical mind..

To really be tortured by a song, it needs to be more than just something you don't like or don't get; it has to make your skin crawl by getting under….

Well, in some ways I had sort of the opposite experience of other people that are sort of dreaming of being in a rock band. I was dreaming of like co….

I'm always trying to encourage people not to limit themselves in the same way that many of our parents stayed with one job forever..

I feel like I came in comedy's side door, and still feel very fraudulent in many ways..

I need a template of a template.

I'm kind of a hermit. it's almost easier for me to write about connection than to actually connect..

I've realized that I have a lot of different loves, and I want to pursue writing, but I can never divorce myself from music..

I think proteins are really good for your brain. And your brain is where comedy comes from..

The idea of self-effacement, the idea that you feel so powerless that the only tiny morsel of power you have is over your own ability to deny yoursel….

[I hate] the ways that people want their special needs to be met, whether it's their food allergies or their special lotions or shoes. Or the ways th….

It was writing about music for NPR - connecting with music fans and experiencing a sense of community - that made me want to write songs again. I beg….

There are foods you should avoid. For me, sugar is a no. Because it gives me a spike and then a crash..

I like to take things incrementally, and strive for something that feels more attainable..

To me, that ugliness, that grotesqueness - that's the essence [of life]. That's where you realize, it's not about all the consonance and the harmony.….

I think one of the reasons that we are able to actually keep making music that we want to make, and that we're inspired by, is because there is a cer….

I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other genres..