Sometimes songs need extra time and space to really play themselves out, and some songs it's like, this is all you need, a straightforward thing.

People who were really good at playing or singing seemed boring to me.

It's really hard for me to capture this certain way of singing that sounds good to me. I don't really understand it, but hopefully some day I'll figure it out.

For me, I'm more of a songwriter than a guitar player or singer. And not having things to work on was really kind of nice.

To me, Modest Mouse is one of the best bands ever. I actually wasn't surprised that they made it big. It's always weird to see it happen, and it happens so fast, all of a sudden songs are in the background on TV.

Sometimes songs need extra time and space to really play themselves out, and some songs it's like, this is all you need, a straightforward thing.

I could never settle down into a reggae band, that's too bizarre.