I'll always be making music. I'd like to do it my whole life - although I also love words and want to write short stories. But right now, my songs are kind of my short stories.

It's better when you have your wife with you, more fun.

I was hanging out with Jonathan Richman last night.

Some of our stuff ends up looking too corporate. I'm going to be a lot stricter from now on.

CDs, too. Totally corporate. They look real cheap and soulless and they don't smell of anything.

The best songs I write in 20 minutes.

When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later.