“It was a ridiculous thing to try and pull together in that amount of time, but I think probably if we had more time, we would have had more time to realize it was in vain.”

From florescent vomit to T&A set to Skrillex

“I like to keep it simple. Simple in the sense of not putting tons of work into forcing something to be polished.”

From drifters and redeemers to maggots and wolves

“It can be simple and still rock.”

“Magnetic South has never been a commercial recording studio that is open to serve the needs of the general public.”

Something like that…

“These characters are inspired by who I am, and I am not a transexual lady. I am not a bourgeoise mother. I am not an old drag queen.”

“Someone said that it helped them, as a member of the audience, to close their eyes, because it felt so intimate — like they shouldn’t be watching me.”

“When I’m doing music onstage, I’m putting my heart and soul into it, and giving all I have to give. But when I’m finished with music, I just like to put up my own little aura where there’s peace and quiet.”

“You have to immerse yourself into things to really get it. It’s like language. You got to go to Spain or something to learn Spanish in the realest sense.”

“I’ve been guilty of trying to hide behind effects, but I don’t want to do that anymore. It feels boring.”

“He put his finger up my butthole!”

“I love the rules, but I want the rules to create a situation in which the music that results breaks or re-frames some idea about what music is or was or is supposed to be.”

“I wanted to do an album where it would have radically contrasting sonic environments, but still feel like it’s all coming from one creative space.”