If somebody thinks wearing pretty dresses onstage somehow discredits us that's pretty absurd.
I just being able to write songs I'm proud of and finding some women to play with is exciting.
The distance thing is partially due to the fact that I'm pretty shy and I've struggled with extreme stage fright in the past. So I just have to go onstage in a different head space so I'm not as self-aware.
I'm sure as I progress the sound may get cleaner but right now, I'm still interested in having it rough but never overwhelmingly so. I consider myself an amateur pop songwriter and I want that to come through, too.
I get really affected by songs as a music listener - they mean so much and they feel so significant.
I had a really intense flying dream most of my childhood into my teens. I would go out at night and fly all over the city and I could facilitate other people to fly with me.
I've always just wanted to sing in a rock band.
All of my favorite records have vocals high in the mix, even if it's music that wasn't necessarily mainstream.
Initially, I was very much concerned with having absolute control. But as time has gone by, I'm not. I mean, the whole first record was really just how I spent my free time: stoned and drinking coffee in my house, spending three hours on a song.
When I met Ronnie Spector, she walked in and said, 'You look like me.'
I get starstruck really easily. I love music so much - it sounds so silly to say that - so if I'm playing a festival and somebody I love, like [Primal Scream's] Bobby Gillespie, is there in the backstage area, I'm like, "Wow this is amazing! There they are!"
I like to do what I do in my house and I love to play shows, but I don't want to have to go out and talk to a bunch of people I don't know.
Because I'm quiet, people think I'm really cold, or rude, or snobby. But I'm literally scared to talk to them.
Progression is important. I'm always going to play music in the general vein of rock'n'roll, but when I started I was very much associated with the West Coast lo-fi thing and I didn't want to get anchored in with anything that was just in vogue for the time being.
I think the Internet shortens the distance between people, and that can often lead to inappropriateness.
I've always admired people with really strong presences and felt that caring about the visual component of what you do is not intrinsically superficial or vain.
Visuals are as artistic as sounds, so being serious about both isn't a contradiction to me.
There's a side to being in a band that some people embrace and some don't: the fact that you're performing and you care about how it comes across.
I've always liked extreme performers; I don't think I am one, but my mentality is in line with that.
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