When somebody grabs a movement, you're kind of locked into it. It's all par for the course.

If I'm interested in what I'm doing, other people will be interested in it.

Everyone should be encouraged...in spiration and artistic freedom is the cornerstone of rock and roll.

We gave up on the idea of trying to make the record a good representation of the live performance.

In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places.

I write in the studio, I don't sit around with a piano or a guitar and write songs. I get satisfaction out of that because I can finish the song really quickly. I can use whatever momentum I have. I've got to put it down, develop it, and get it as far [as I can], because the excitement of the moment of when you get that idea - you want to try and hold it and build on it and really gain strength from it. Being in the studio and writing songs like that is really the best way.

If you're all loaded up on love, you haven't got anywhere else to go.