I'm Tired Of Being Congratulated For Being

There Aren't Many Other Labels Who I Can Say Are That Successful, And Can Give Me As Much As 4ad Gives Me, And Still Have Such A Great Roster.

My Great Fear Is That I'm The Ultimate Shallow Person. I Think About This Kind Of Thing A Lot, And About This Phenomenon In Our Culture Where People Identify Themselves With Their Interests. I've Been Trying Not To Think About It Too Much. It Used To Really Upset Me When People Called Me "witch House."

I Think One Of The Reasons I'm Successful As A Musician Is That The First Like 30 Shows I Played, I Played With No Monitors Standing In Front Of Guitar Amps In A Shitty, Smoky Warehouse Where People Were Screaming And Wasted, Knocking Over My Gear. So Shows After That Seem Pretty Easy!

Miami Is Just Really Fun Whenever I Go There. It's Like This Post-apocalyptic Barbie World: Everything Is Pink, And There're Palm Trees Everywhere. But Then There Are Also All These People In Crazy Sunglasses, Warehouses With Sick Parties Where All The Girls Are Covered In Spikes And Black Leather. It's A Very Weird Place.

I Want To Say My Life Inspires My Lyrics, But I Also Try To Abstract Them As Much As Possible Because I Don't Want To Refer To My Life Explicitly. I'm Definitely Really Embarrassed By My Lyrics.