Just looking into something kind of analytically can give a lot of ideas.

I really like narrative songs, but I wonder if that's a thing for some people. Once they've heard the story, do they really need to hear the story again?

The reality is that the shows kind of disconnect from the songs a little bit. You're playing the songs, but they take on a life of their own.

When you get into rock 'n' roll myths, like that Rod Stewart blew his whole band and had to get his stomach pumped, it's ridiculous, but everyone's heard it.

I remember I was really into this British band, The Vapors, with that song "Turning Japanese." I thought that they were really next level genius cryptic weirdos. And then I realized when I got older they are just using a lot of British words, and I didn't know what they meant. But I thought, Oh, they are making up their own language.

One of the things you do in a band is the more you stay together, the more you play to your strengths.

The more you release records, in some ways it takes pressure off you.