It's a weird job because making music or writing a song is a personal thing... and it kind of has to be. You can always tell when people are faking.

I'm super interested in visual, and I love that being in a band can be as much about making an image as it is about making a sound.

Sometimes when you're on tour, it feels like you're living the same day over and over again.

The idea of letting a recording be a moment in time appealed to me. With digital recording, it's easy to create a perfect text of whatever song you have.

I feel like the world is super different now than it was in 2009. And to get at something that's somewhat darker, harsher, rougher, and a bit more challenging feels right.

I think certain people would be moved to be nostalgic about America's glory days, when the music set the tone for the cultural conversation and popular musicians had this absurd level of authority.

Clearly, things are definitely changing in big ways as far as the way we consume music, listen to music, and what we expect from music.