The payment of debts is necessary for social order. The non-payment is quite equally necessary for social order. For centuries humanity has oscillated, serenely unaware, between these two contradictory necessities.
I'm not going to say no to playing a show in Missoula.
Every few years I'll party way too much to remind myself what an idiot I am.
Punk rock and skateboarding took the 'school' out of living your life, and I related to learning as I went, doing a lot of different things that I liked, when I liked. Consequently, I'm mediocre at all of the above, but still stoked on being a lifetime student of music, skating, painting, writing, etc.
I have to go someplace where I can soak myself in a creative atmosphere.
Right after 'Backspacer,' my best friend got killed tragically. Something happened to me then where I got super motivated. I had a shelf of all this unfinished music. . . So I just went to work and made a conscious decision that I was going to finish a bunch of stuff. Life's short.
Make movies. Don't make videos. Videos are evil.
Do not expect pictures to say the expected; some of the best will have surprises for you, which will, at first, shock you.
One of my biggest musical influences is definitely Ella Fitzgerald as a vocalist.
We're focusing on what we need to do. The only attention we're thinking about is giving each other the attention that we need as a team, and making sure that everyone in here knows how they important they are to our success.
Kati with an I was a New York Times Critics' Pick and I was really happy that it got a run uptown in Harlem at the Maysles Cinema, which is a great space but isn't necessarily the most well attended for a week-long screening.