My style of lyric-writing is very specific and has a lot of details, and I think people react most to that.

I'm not a horror movie guy, but I think the guy that did Saw, or maybe House or something, he was saying you love that age as a storyteller because a nineteen-year-old is still dumb enough to make really bad decisions, but he's allowed to be out on his own.

The point of being in a band, for instance, isn't to get big; it's about enjoying playing shows.

You can either go to the gym because you want to lose weight, or you can go to the gym because you like how it makes you feel when you're running.

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 think when you are doing a song you're trying to give people enough details that they connect.

So maybe it’s just a part of who we all are, and always were. My worry now, though, is that we are starting to nurture these neuroses of ours, and treating them like pets. That can’t be a good thing.