If you make everything really on the nose so everyone knows exactly what you're talking about, it's often not as strong.

If I write about something that I've experienced and somebody goes, "Oh my God, I feel the exact same way," then both of us are connected, and when you feel connected to people, you feel understood. You feel a sense of purpose.

I was an English major in university and that got me into novels, but I read a lot of books as a kid.

Acknowledging the lucky breaks are paramount to enjoying life. Not being defensive about our successes/failures. So, in short.

What frustrated us about the song [Robots] was not that it existed - we owe a lot to that song and have had a ton of fun playing it. The problem was that it was a "given".It was like everyone was waiting for it to happen, and then it better be as crazy as the time they saw it before. Started to feel like dancing monkeys.

Sometimes I just don't have time to wait for the muse to come, so I've developed things to force the muse to come back.

We talk about the past like it's the strangest dream. Then we repeat the things we never dreamed we'd do.