I used to work in a record store. I'm kind of a record nerd..

There are some bands for whom that works very well and it's no disrespect to them because I'm sure there's something honest and natural about it, but….

I write really scathing, angry stuff when I'm in a better mood, and then uplifting and happy stuff when I'm at the absolute bottom..

I don't believe any genre of music can be unilaterally dismissed (aside from like, white-power music or something)..

Everyone wants to pretend like they sprang out of the ground with an Animal Collective record in their hands and a David Bowie haircut, and that's ju….

I definitely love kimchi. The biggest influence that eating so much Korean food growing up had on me was that I have no limit for spiciness. The hott….

I very often think about doing things that I would want other artists to do. Like, if I'm a fan of whoever, I want to be treated a certain way. So I ….

I've learned a lot about things because of the Internet. I'm happy with it, but it's a long road for me. I'm still definitely a little anti..

I really like pop music, I don't think it's a four-letter word..

I'm good with telling people what I think, too, but I don't know why people are so content to treat each other poorly..

He's writing what I'm singing, and I'm writing what he's playing..

I love playing our older songs along with newer ones but If all I have is my old stuff, I quit. Creating is more rewarding..

I don't want to be George Lucas and go back after the fact..

I look at albums like novels. If you write a really good scene or a really good moment, just because you wrote it, doesn't mean that it fits with the….

The song that's affected me the most profoundly is probably Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' or, more specifically, the couple seconds of instrumental b….

Advice? Focus on the craft. Study the greats. Try and understand how and why they made the writing choices they did. Then, start by copying them...ju….

Everything I've ever wanted to do, we've kinda done. Everything beyond this has been just the cherry on top. I've been so happy with the band, and we….

I don't want to put out something I'm not psyched on just because I finished it. That's the stupidest reason to do something, really. I want it to be….

Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting..

I think you can totally be a totally normal kid from the suburbs of Chicago and go off and play shows. It's one of those things that when you go home….

When you make art, you get really invested in it. When art happens by accident and you were just along for the ride? It's way more fun..