Songwriters can sort of get away with murder. You can throw out crazy theories and not have to back it up with data or graphs or research.

I guess I'm attracted to more archaic words because they can be imbued with more meaning, because their definition is elusive.

I still kind of believe this absurd line that if you have to write it down, it's not worth remembering.

No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.

What's cool about indie rock is that one band can do effectively the same thing as another band, and one band nails it, and the other one doesn't. I like that elusiveness.

I've always found that whatever you say about indie rock, it is the most inclusive genre or title for anything. It doesn't pin you down too much, like other labels would. It's just newer, it has less baggage.

There's kind of this unequaled thrill of playing a half-finished song, it's kind of sense of slight embarrassment; like you're blushing. I like doing that. I did that with "Eyeoneye" and it was almost a curse on the song for a while; I debuted it when it was half-finished in a very public way