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.

There's somewhat of a real fascination with American bands and American mythology in London, so I think we've tapped into some of that. Maybe because of the way the press works or whatever, they have extremely knowledgeable music fans over there. People who will sit there and talk to you about some record that came out in 1967 out of Memphis that you've never heard before.

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.

There are nights when I think that Sal Paradise was right / Boys and Girls in America / Have such a sad time together.

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.

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 only a songwriter but I'm a massive music fan and I love going to shows. It's different than reading a book.