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.

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.

There are lot of bands that have too many songs, I think.

There are certain recordings where my voice sounds good to me. Singing live I really enjoy, but I don't know how good it sounds.

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.