your question:

05/02/2024

Love your work and appreciate having a forum to ask you questions. Thanks!
I haven’t seen many interviews with you admittedly, but the ones I have seen seem to ask a lot of the same questions, to which the answers could easily be found with a simple Google search.
(And may I add that you come across as gracious - especially when they begin by asking you multiple questions about Patton, which seems somewhat lazy and obtuse.)
How do you feel about interviews?
Do you mind going over the same old ground i.e. musical influences and talking about Patton?
Do you enjoy the interview process?
Where do you draw the line in terms of covering more personal topics such as relationships, politics etc?

my answer:

I’m not a fan of interviews and I’d prefer not to do them, but there is a certain obligation because, you know, marketing, record sales, etc. I’m not convinced they do any good.
It does bother me when I’m asked questions that I feel are common knowledge in my small world. Exactly as you say, mostly everything can be found with a simple search, but that’s true about a lot of things, right? Definitely get sick of talking about colleagues, as if I know they’re every move.
I try to chose which questions to answer and how to answer them. I can give information without directly addressing the question and typically it depends on my mood how strict I want to be with boundaries. I try to respond in kind, as in mirror the mood of the question. Earnestness is met with earnestness.