I’ve mostly been focusing on writing, and I’ve really enjoyed not playing music. It will always be part of my life, but I don’t feel the immediate need to be playing for people.
It’s so nice to have a band name you don’t have to explain.
It does feel great to be writing, but the process is sometimes excruciating.
Once you’re away from music, I realize that’s as intrinsic to who I am as anything else. That’s the part that takes me out of my brain.
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’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 like how blogging emulates fandom because it’s so completist and spontaneous. It really mirrors the way people listen to music, and I like that fluidity with online content.
I think short-term goals are important. Trying to set a missive for yourself for the entire year can be daunting, and it can feel too easy to fail or fall short of that.
Nothing is as nice as plugging in your guitar and turning up the volume really loud, just seeing what kind of beautiful noise you can make with it.
Just invest in apps. Just download apps and then pay yourself the dividend.
I think you should be prepared for a green-screen CGI at all times.
For me, being in shape means, like, not having cynicism out-weigh optimism on a daily basis.
I’m all about being prudent. And I’ve started to appreciate experiences more than actual objects.
The internet is just a scary place. It’s better to just go to the doctor. Don’t let Google get inside your head. It will do bad things to you.
I have to erase my Google search histories, because they always lead to an obituary.
A lot of music for me was about – I mean aside from the fun and challenge of writing and being really good friends with my bandmates – getting to perform.
I would not call myself an optimist, even though I would aspire to be. I am innately a skeptic. There’s kind of an incessant dissatisfaction that I have, that I’m always trying to either expose or fight against or wrestle with.
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’m kind of a hermit – it’s almost easier for me to write about connection than to actually connect.
I think grief is a step towards strength because it allows you to be porous and take everything in, and have it transform you. What will sit within you is despairing, but at least it’s feeling. You’re not numb. Grief is sort of the allowance of feeling.