I'm not dissatisfied, just not satisfied in an ultimate sense.

I remember being very psyched for our first tours, despite not knowing about the endless stream of situations and setbacks that we'd face.

The first half of high school, I had a girlfriend, and then the second half I got to know these guys who would just get stoned and jam. I had struck the goth thing by then, but I still thought of myself as Ian Curtis or something.

For me, self-gratification eventually took a backseat to trying to do something collaborative with other people, to trying to make something new.

I definitely don't feel a sense of jealousy or competition, and that's a really good feeling.

I procrastinate, and I push writing to the last available moment, because I don't like to settle on anything. I guess you can call it indecision or you can call it holding out for inspiration.

Confidence was never in short supply in my case. If anything, I think I overshot the mark with confidence way too early in my career, and gradually, it's about just getting more humble and wanting to sit down more.