For as long as I can remember, I have written songs because I wanted to, because I was experiencing something that couldn't be described except through a sound.

I don't really write journals and stuff and then adapt them to music, it's completely within the form of the song. My great obsession and basically the bane of my existence is caring probably too much about every word, but it's too late to change my career path.

Generally I try to read anything but indie rock journalism or anything about music at all, especially in the summer.

In my imaginary utopian world there would be a greater allegiance between music writers and musicians.

I think that every band is different, and in fact that's one of the biggest problems with the old-school music industry is that... one band would be successful according to a certain approach, and then every other band in the label gets sent down the same tube.

The things that I've seen where people are trying to change the definition of what a band has to be, those are the things that end up being inspiring.

You don't want to be conscious of everything.