I spent a fair amount of time editing the lyrics and allowing the song to kind of evolve. ... anytime there's anything worthwhile, it certainly 'feels' like it happened on the spur of the moment, but it's a composite of lots of spurs of the moment, hopefully. And over time, you catch up with those, and then you have a full set of lyrics you've thought of and you feel comfortable singing.

I am an American aquarium drinker.

I don't really feel like you're making a record unless you pay attention to it.

I always listen to records that I've been a part of with a grain of salt.

You have to learn how to die if you wanna be alive.

I like making songs up. Whether or not they're great songs or good songs, whatever. It's something I've always done, and I definitely feel like I've gotten better at it.

I still have a lot of faith that there's very few people who are savvy enough to actually produce a good sounding copy of the record.