People make maps of all the places I've mentioned. I knew that those people were out there. I wanted to create something for them.

The critics and hardcore music fans, those are the people you have to get to first, so we're really happy about it.

I was really obsessed with age. I kept saying it was a record about trying to age gracefully.

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.

Springsteen on that record started writing less about having your wind in your hair and turning the radio up and more about being dragged down by adult things. Regular people trying to get ahead. A little less mythical and romantic, and more real. It's a really spectacular record for that reason.

There's somewhat of a real fascination with American bands and American mythology in London.

As a writer, if you have something on a page, you can start moving it around and get something you like. But if you have a blank page, it's just gonna be a blank page.