When you're in your twenties you always think that 30 is a long ways off, and maybe you'll have things in line when you hit that number - maybe own a house or be married.

I write songs now I look at my strengths and I start there. In The Walkmen, we'd start with the live stuff.

When I finally got to 30, I'll admit that there was a little anxiety, but at the same time I actually really liked it.

I never want to travel while I'm on vacation anymore. The only vacations I want to take now are ones where I just go and sit somewhere.

When you spend your whole life traveling it does get really tedious and exhausting.

When we got to the step when we'd normally start collaborating, we started having these talks about how it was not worth getting together. Getting together just didn't feel very inspired, and doing it alone did.

When you're in your twenties you always think that 30 is a long ways off, and maybe you'll have things in line when you hit that number - maybe own a house or be married.