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.

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."

Everybody's a multifaceted, emotional, living being, I think. Sometimes it's fun to goof around, sometimes you've got to think about things, sometimes you've got to be strange, and then you've got to be jiggly. That's just what being a human's all about.

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.

When you're growing up, you just take what you've got.

I have a lot of friends that I'd like to shout out but I don't think anyone will know who they are.

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.