People give the words life through their own adoration or relationship to the work, and that's true of everything. You can't divorce critical or fan reaction. Once it exists, you forget that the words are arbitrary, or you start to remove value.

With Rock Band, you can play along to Black Sabbath or Nirvana and possibly find new ways of appreciating their artistry by being allowed to perform parallel to it. Rock Band puts you inside the guts of a song.

I've always loved writing. Doing that at the same time as playing music can be tiring.

I love coffee. I love a midday espresso on set, just for the energy.

For me, being in shape means, like, not having cynicism out-weigh optimism on a daily basis.

I don't think you need to sound like from where you're from. But I think there is something magical and powerful about encompassing something fully and singularly.

With Sleater-Kinney, we did a lot of improvisation in our live shows, and even our process of songwriting involved bringing in disparate parts and putting them together to form something cohesive.