Now, the good of business is put above anything else, as corporations have become the new ruling body. Most decisions seem to be made like ones of a medieval king: whatever makes profit while ignoring and repressing the truth about whatever suffering it may cause (like pop music, for that matter).

A band is a good way to break up a friendship.

I'm really grateful. But I never had the rock star dream. I thought it would be cool to be a modern-day composer.

Songwriting is hard - it's so easy to fall into the same traps. It's not like I wake up and songs flow out of me.

I'd like to just get to a point where maybe we can say something that will be matterful. That's definitely not a word, by the way.

I feel like I've given up a lot of my fantasies. I just want to do things differently, and to a lot of people that's annoying. I like weird stuff. I always hoped if we had a big success it would be on our own terms.

A tour is the most intense, stimulating way to hear music; it's the best form to receive it. There's genuine excitement from people. I feel like we've stepped up a level.