Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve.

I grew up I guess you'd say in the cassette era.

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.

For the records I've work on over the last 10 years, I get sent the really compressed version and the non-compressed version, and oftentimes you end up going with the more compressed one because it's what people's ears are attuned to. I think the bigger problem is saturation and people being desensitized.

I think my whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche.

There are people who've prepared their whole lives for real heavy success and bask in it. They're so good at it and they obviously love it. I'm just happy to be making a record.