There are certain records that you love because the songs are great, but you don't go to them as an example of great production.

I think trying to be offbeat is the most boring thing possible.

Sometimes things in life take a few years to digest, and they find their way into the work later on. Sometimes I'm writing about things from eight years ago-they just took a long time to distill and come out in the appropriate way.

Whatever you do has to be commercial and it can't be too distracting - it has to be background music, basically.

Every band I knew or played with had flyers and properly-recorded demos and contacts; I couldn't even get a gig.

It gets a little bit troublesome when you have something that's overcompressed that shouldn't be.

I would love to do an electronic record. There's just so much to see and do and try. And life goes by.