I love America, and I love living here.

Sometimes I forget that the label's been around so long that some of the bands they're singing now might be influenced by the first wave of Sub Pop bands. Is there anyone on that label that you look up to or borrow from?

Sometimes bigger cities, just because there's so much going on, people are a little more jaded.

Licensing can be great. You get money for work that's already done. It's not a horrible thing to me, there's just some things I don't want to soundtrack.

I love America, and I love living here.

I rely on swearing just to communicate emotion, but I wanted to express the same feelings [in song] without using curse words.

Eventually, I thought that it's interesting to make some rules for yourself while you're working on one project so it sounds different from the other stuff you do.