I wake up in the morning, walk downstairs, and just bang on the piano and write about what's going on in the world around me.

I love the atmosphere at the mall - everything about Christmas. I don't think anything specific gets me in the holiday spirit except for the holidays themselves.

The fans are especially amazing in Mexico. You look out your window, and there are fans that stay out there all night long.

I grew up on Nickelodeon.On All That and Are You Afraid of the Dark, and Salute Your Shorts and Rocco's Modern Life and all that. That was my generation.

I don't really have a certain format that I go by.

I would like to work with Paul McCartney in the future. Or Brian Seltzer. But I guess like, like I said - I'm into The Strokes, like Ben Folds, Eliot Smith, the Beatles are my favorite, the Beach Boys, Queen.

I wake up in the morning, walk downstairs, and just bang on the piano and write about what's going on in the world around me.