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.

I think it is more like a ghost that has been following us both. Something vague that we're not seeing, something more like a feeling.

I really just want to be warm yellow light that pours over everyone I love.

When you write a song, the goal is not to convey the details of your life. You should write a memoir or something if that's what you're going to do.

It's in vogue to have a cause and give money in charity. But to actually speak up and say something like, I'm pissed about this" - that doesn't seem to be very popular unless you're writing a blog or tweeting.

One by one I drowned all the people I’d been.

I swear that I'm dying slowly but it's happening, and if the perfect spring is waiting somewhere... just take me there.