Sometimes it's a huge amble, where you're just on top, on the lid, and it's not going anywhere, and sometimes you walk on the stage and from the first note, the afterburner kicks in and you can't stop it.

I think if people value democracy, they had damn well better get out and exercise their right to vote while their vote still means something.

Bicycles are almost as good as guitars for meeting girls.

We're just inviting adventure into our life, and adventure carries a little baggage.

We have a society that's trying to make sure that nobody gets any adventures because adventures are dangerous and danger is bad.

We wanted to establish a new fan base over here. And second, we wanted to challenge ourselves. We wanted to bring what is ostensibly new music to fresh ears and see what lights them up.

I think it's real important that people understand where the music comes from. If you can see where the music comes from, you can also see the future. It gives you a trajectory.