I take things a little bit more critically now, like, "What did I think I was saying in that song? What is this song about?" I thought the lyrics were incredibly descriptive, and now they sound really cryptic and weird. I'd like to also think that when I listen to songs from Something About Airplanes that I'm proud of my development as a writer. I don't think I was doing anything poorly at that time, but I can certainly see how my writing has changed.

I have always been very open and earnest about some things in my life, some things that are not directly in my life, but they're twirling around me at the time.

I don't want to be overdramatic about it, but I'm starting to see a lot of my bad habits get the best of me.

Every record we do there are always two camps. There's the camp that's like, "I love it. It sounds different than the last one." There are the people that are like, "I want it to sound like the last one." You can't please everybody all the time, but I think for the most part we tend to maintain a healthy level of self-reference to kind of make sure we continue to push things forward.

I think sometimes a narrative can come out of a single word.

I've always had a soft spot for Phil Collins. He's a great vocalist.

I like writing on piano and a computer, and a lot of 'Plans' came out of samples and vocal lines.