I take making music seriously, but you have to have a sense of humor about yourself. I invite people into my life. That's how I do it.

I think recording at home feels more organic, and injects some more personality into the music.

I like a lot of west coast stuff like Aerial Pink.

Their [Phoenix] audience wasn't into us at all. The way most of the venues worked was there was no alcohol on the floor so usually during our set most people were in the lobby getting their drink on.

I lived in Brooklyn for a year and I moved out to Rockaway Beach. I've been living here for two years now. I put my address on the album, so I have a lot of visitors all the time.

Going on tour, you don't have a lot of time to mull things over. You're just kind of, "Another beer, another show, another song."

I recorded this album in a windowless room in Brooklyn by myself. I think Chamber of Reflection sums the album up better than Salad Days to tell you the truth.