When people come to my shows they know there is a distinct beginning and end. It's difficult for me to play for much more than an hour, so people kind of come out and treat it like a rock show. They're fiending and ready to dance.

In 2008 it's easy to get huge before you have an album out with the Internet. I think that's great and you see a lot of artists like that. It seems like it's becoming rarer to find a band that has been touring for six years, doing small shows and then breaking out.

I wasn't trying to make a following. I was just trying to make interesting music. That's not being modest, that's just being realistic.

When I was 18, I was playing to 18 to 21-year-olds, and then, when I was 25, still playing to 18 to 25-year-olds. As I've gone on, the crowd has gone in both directions, both younger and a little older now than it's ever been. It is an interesting thing to hit 30.

Nowadays when you buy music its like you're donating to that cause, because you most likely could hear it in some capacity for free.

Samples are kind of my instrument of choice.

I can't edit live as meticulously as I can for an album.