L.A.'s kind of, like, seven really cool towns. It's so laid-back. If you go in the right spot, you can walk around, and you don't need a car.

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.

I'm happy to feed the illusion that I'm a lazy recluse.

If it doesn't start with you, it dies with you.

If the choice is between doing something supercool and having no one hear it and doing something equally cool and tricking people into putting it on the radio, I don't think the second option is some big sellout.

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.

The problem with touring isn't the traveling and the shows, it's the vegetal state you get into.