I think trying to be offbeat is the most boring thing possible.
When my nephew was 3 and 4, he would say the most genius things. He said, You're hammer macho with FBI dogs. I thought it was just one of those great lines.
[Early on,] the attitude was that what I was doing wasn't music.
You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
I enjoy the collaboration. I always envied people in bands who got to have that interaction.
I think my whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche.