Andrew Bird

Guitars are kind of just, you know, sexy, especially old vintage ones.

My mom had this romantic notion of her children playing classical music. The idea is you learn it when you're still learning language. It's using the same part of the brain.

Music as a social conduit has always been important to me.

I had siblings from South Asia, from East Asia, from depressed communities around America, and you know, we'd have long conversations.

Film has always been a really good tool for me to communicate emotion about why I create a collection. I'm probably one of the first designers to make short films.

I just had an idea that went right over my head.