One thing about hanging out with a baby is that you can remember a little bit better what it was like to be a kid, and all the mystery that came along with it.

I'd rather have a strong career, playing and selling records to a loyal audience, then having one record that exploded. That would be devastating.

When everybody is playing at the same level, there's so much more noise. And there's less incentive for the people who should be rising above that noise to take time and invest in what they're doing. It just becomes about hustling and grabbing attention.

There's some things there that you just have to draw the line. Some people are just not going to like it. We would hope that everybody would like it.

It was a nice relief to be able to work on individual songs.

One thing about hanging out with a baby is that you can remember a little bit better what it was like to be a kid, and all the mystery that came along with it.

No-one wants to hear anything spoken in earnest anymore, unless it happens to involve unrequited, teenage love.