You Can't Bury A Part Of Yourself

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 Hanging Out.

I Don't Think I Would Live Outside Of The Northwest. I Think The Quality Of Life In Portland Is Really Good. People Move From Intense, High-powered Jobs, And Move To Portland, Work Half As Much And Live Twice As Good. They Can Afford Bigger Houses, Or They Can Actually Afford To Buy A House, They Can Work The Minimal Amount And Still Get By. I Think There's A Really Strong Sense Of Community There. It's Beautiful.

Twitter Is Sort Of Version Of Labeling, Except With 140 Characters Instead Of A Labelmaker. It's The Way Of Calling Things Out For What They Are, Wearing Badges. Twitter Is Like The New Scarlet Letter.

I Think, For Some Artists, The Fear Of Taking On A Political Identity Stems From Not Wanting To Be Pigeonholed As Political Actor Or A Political Musician. It Becomes This Thing Where Somehow Your Art Can No Longer Exist On Its Own And Be Multifaceted.

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 Corporate Lunches And Just Like, And I'm Not Really Joking. Like The Whole Idea To Me Was Really Appealing.