The first notes I still play when I start a sound check are classical. Those are my roots.

Every time I get up in the morning, melodies occur to me and I start trying to shape lyrics to melodies.

I'm a terrible Scrabble player.

With the words, a lot of things start with questions. Some word kind of piques my interest, and I love the way it sounds, but I really don't know what it means. And I honestly don't care for a while.

You can build up expectations for a song before you record it, and then it's like nothing's good enough in the studio.

I don't like to disappear between records. I like to play shows while I'm making the record.

I finished touring the last record and I started recording new .I never really left the bubble, which is I think a good thing. I was just very focused. Maybe I should have taken a break or something, and not done such a long push.