I still have a very nonintellectual, nonjudgmental relationship with melody and the music as I hear it all in my head.

I knew what I wanted to do, which was to become a recording artist, so I definitely felt like I had a calling. The performing part was the part that I wasn't sure about.

I've always wanted to do a movie, and I really feel the urge to do it.I'm in Hollywood - I have no business not being in the movie industry.

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

I was just very into things that were the opposite of what other people liked. I didn't want to listen to music that I could find at a friend's house. My identity was really forged around that, and you know, eventually that kind of identity gets dismantled and fed to the vultures. But I was somehow on my own mission.

I don't work under the illusion that I'm the next whatever. Every time a record comes out, if it gets a good review, I'm like, "Well, one more year, guys. We bought ourselves another year".

I think about music in the way that I heard music as a kid - like, Oh my god, there's this weird rubbery ball of undulating things.