I've Always Loved Writing. Doing That At

I've Always Loved Writing. Doing That At The Same Time As Playing Music Can Be Tiring.

I Grew Up Outside Of Seattle, And Have Lived Here My Whole Life, And I Think That There Is A Culture Of Questioning, And Guilt. Almost An "anti-ambition." Like, An Awareness, And Then A Subsequent Guilt. But Sometimes That Progressive, Liberal Guilt Is Really Obnoxious, Too - In Some Ways, I Think It's Better To Just Own It. It's Weird, That Actually, The Acknowledgement Of Privilege Or The Enactment Of Guilt Can Be As Obnoxious As Anything Else. It's A Never-ending Rabbit Hole. We're Really In A Rabbit Hole Right Now, With This Conversation. We're Just Spiraling Down Into The Void.

I've Never Understood People Who Play Up The Artifice Of Music.

I Think It's Very Disheartening And Undermining To Focus On Nostalgia Or Youthful Sentimentality As The Lens Through Which You View Art And Culture, Because Then You Feel Like Everything Good Already Happened. I Really Just Try To Be In The Present With Music And Just Find The Things That Are Invigorating And Make Me Feel Happy To Be Alive Right Now.

I Think Closing-off Is The Most Detrimental Thing We Can Do As People. Also, The Idea Of Not Judging Oneself.