I have no shame in making music that maybe, if you listen to it long enough, you'll realize you've heard this or that part of it before.

All I do is listen to music. It's a weird thing. It's like I have so much catching up to do. I've always been over my head. That's just the way I work best, you know. Like when you're studying for school you think, "I can only study when I have to study the night before." That kind of means you're lazy or you're a procrastinator, but for me with music it's a similar thing. It's like I've been over my head for most of my career so to speak.

The musicians themselves don't seem to know enough about why they're in the positions they're in, so they're afraid to lose those positions.

I've had nightmares about having to kick people out of my band because they've said that they don't like the Beatles. I'd wake up and turn to them and say, "You like the Beatles, right?"

I have ideas all of the time from the beginning, but they never really wind up turning out like I thought they would.

Broken Bells reminds me how much fun I have making music.

If you're 22 years old and you can't believe you're even in the position to have a career making music, the first thing you're going to think is: Maintain. Don't lose it. And that's precisely what causes you to lose everything.