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

There are a few people that I always say, "Hey, what do you think of this?" The minute that you know that you want this particular person to hear it, you know that you're pretty much done - although you're doing it to hear some feedback. It's a smart move to know whose ears you want.

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.

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

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

The value of having a computer, to me, is that it'll remember everything you do. It's a databank.

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