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My Manager Lives On My Block; Four Of The Apartments In My Apartment Complex Of Seven Are People I Know. It's A Really Close-knit Community, And Almost Everyone On These Few Blocks Are Artists Or Graphic Designers, Because We Live Right On The Cusp Of A Warehouse District.

I Would Never Go To A Studio. I Need My Space, You Know What I Mean? I Need To Be Able To Chain Smoke And Pace About, Cry And Like... Spit. Just Make Noise, Make A Huge Mess. I Also Feel Like If I Was Concerned For The Cost Of The Studio - Like, 'this Is Costing 40 Dollars An Hour' - I Wouldn't Be Able To Work.

It's Really Hard To Be On Stage And Packing Your Gear When People Who Just Saw You Play Are In The Room, Because They All Just Want To Talk To You.

I Grew Up Going To Punk Shows, That Kind Of Thing - I Don't Wanna Make Pop Punk! - But I Like The Idea Of People Going Totally Crazy And It Being Really Intimate, Loud And Super-aggressive, But Combining That With Pop Music.

Most Of My Music Videos Were Made For Under $200.