It's a cliché to state that one should think like a child, but it's clear that kids know something that the world tries to make you unlearn later in life.

I am a person of high energy. That, and I sit down and I write when I get an idea - I put other things aside.

I think taking too long to work on a record you sort of lose some of the feeling, so I write as fast as I can; it's just this manic phase where I'm by myself and or on tour and I write and I write. And I send them to the guys, and we start planning our studio ventures.

I don't like to say, "Oh, I don't like this kind of music." I like to listen to it and try to see what people who like it get out of it.

People want you to play the songs they know. I try not to reflect too much, and I don't really like to focus too much on myself.

I don't understand being idle; I don't have an idle setting. I probably should develop one.

The studio's a collaborative environment. I just try to let people bring their own ideas to the songs and see what happens.