“Honestly, I've just made music so long by myself, in some ways I don't...” — Washed Out Quote

“Honestly, I've just made music so long by myself, in some ways I don't feel I'm a very good collaborator.”

“I'm without a doubt a producer first. The lyrics happen towards the tail-end of the process, mainly because they're more stream-of-consciousness. It's very rare that I'm going to tell a really concrete story.”

“I try to stay on a pretty normal schedule of nine-to-five.”

“No, we are not tyrants on set, and we are kind of come at it very much as collaborators and not just with each other but everybody and particularly the actors.”

“To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer.”

“I was constantly reading books about how to direct, and asking directors, 'How do you do it?' And when I finally actually started doing the work, it seemed like you have to be decisive and have an opinion. But also you have to be a good collaborator and hire the right people to shore up whatever your skill set is.”