When we started the band, I was really like, "We just want to make a lot of records" - not quite unlike Guided By Voices' schedule. I've always thought that our live thing is what we do best, and having a really robust, big catalog makes for the most interesting live band - especially with people, at this point, traveling to see us night after night. For us to have almost 100 songs to pull from is a really cool thing. The sets can be different. They can be invigorating on an intellectual level. I definitely hope to continue to release records at an accelerated pace.

I don't have a problem rhyming "bar" with "car" - I do it all the time - but sometimes it doesn't feel right.

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.

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

I think the other thing that shaped me a little bit is that I really didn't have any success in music until my early to mid-30s.

The idea of anyone collecting compact discs just seems bizarre to me.

Ironically, when I was playing in my first band, I would deliberately not write down any lyrics. I have a really good memory and I would just keep them in my head.