We think about strategies in pop songs to make people listen to them and be like, "What the hell was that?" But then they have to listen to it again.

We're really into combining lots of different styles into one song: that's normal for us. It might seem arbitrary but we listen to a lot of music that does that.

I have a bad habit of picking up books about drugs, but that's better than having a drug habit, I think.

There was this large group of people that we were talking about on the first album - "The Youth" - but we didn't really know what to tell them. We still don't know what to tell them, but we want to make it seem like maybe there's something we know that they want to know, too.

Even big-bird gets sad sometimes

If you're conscious you must be depressed, or at least cynical.

When we were doing noisier shows, they were fun, but we were trying to be really obnoxious and it wasn't like we were trying to make good music. I mean, I'm happier when we have smoothed out a little bit. I think that the spirit of the noise and experimental stuff is still there, but it's easier to do when you're a freshman in college.