The decisions you make can be upsetting to fans. I've experienced that, as a listener, looking at artists I've admired. It's sensitive. We really consider the idea of natural growth versus unnatural leaps.

All bands are in danger of losing their identity. Constantly.

The word is like an object - we were thinking "bloom," "doom." It encapsulated tons: the bloom, the end of the bloom, and then coming back the next year.

When I'm on a stage, I don't feel like this dude who's sitting here drinking Amstel Lights. I'm trying to temporarily become something else that can deliver a feeling.

Music is about your feelings.

Twitter has to be about art. It can't be about banal things. Banal things and art are two different worlds.

It's really boring to talk about what you ate and have 48,000 fans listen to you. It's awful.