I was talking to somebody about the L.A. hardcore scene, and they were saying that it was hard for them to picture punk rock at the beach. Like, the aesthetic didn't mix or something - black forms in the sand.

I'm really nostalgic for Malibu area because I've spent so much time there. People don't think of California as having a history.

I try not to think too much about what the audience is thinking and what they think I should do.

Because our daughters have school and it's just such a hassle going down to New York all the time, we can really only go on the weekends, we kind of... Steve came up here and worked out stuff for the second half of the record.

Political art never goes away. I started watching The West Wing show recently and I'm actually learning about how the government works in a way. It's kind of embarrassing.

You know, we have our own audience, and it's not like - they just know we're not going to do certain things.

I really like Olivier Assayas filmmaking. He always has this global - economy thing going on.