I think a lot of the intention of bands, especially in the last year, is to spread themselves out geographically and borrow from different cultures and different sounds, and to be eclectic. And that's great in terms of dynamics, but it also tends to not have that torpedo and fire running through it. If you're spreading yourself out across the globe, you're also not emphasizing a singular point, which I think great rock music has always done.

I'm all about being prudent. And I've started to appreciate experiences more than actual objects.

"We can't name it, but we can sing along." That is my ultimate relationship to any art form, but especially music.

I need a template of a template

I don't want to mislead people.

The game Rock Band has been haunting me like a bad ring tone. It gets stuck in my head and momentarily effaces all that I love about music.

The enemy of any artistic statement is to create something that no one cares about, in the sense they have no opinion either way.