On every Bright Eyes record, there's some kind of sound collage that begins it. Some of them have dialogue, some don't. I like it because it can kind of slow down the attention span a bit. It's a way to draw you in to the rest of the record.

Maybe there's a different story when it comes to hip-hop or different genres, but as far as rock music goes, I think there is a sort of fear of saying things people might be apt to criticize. Our band is the opposite of that.

And in the morning when the sun rise. Look in the water, see the blue sky. As if heaven has been laid there at our feet.

I've been part of running a label since I was a kid, so I understand how it works. But the more and more I learn about it, the less and less interested I am in it.

My head's a carousel of pictures and The spinning never stops.

It's hard to get people to focus on one idea.

I went right from wunderkind to washed up. Old. Been around too long. That's just the way I feel. That's my internal dialogue.