I mean it was weird. But Phoenix watched us every night. But it's like they're not even a band, they're like a corporation. They bring a staff of like 40 people.

I hate living in a really small apartment, living in a shoebox, not being able to play the drums, not having space. It sucks.

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."

I do like touring. Sometimes it's crazy. We're really lucky and we've gone all over the world. You can't complain about getting paid to see the world. I've had to reel myself in a little bit at some points.

My music is kind of laid back, it doesn't have super crispy, shiny production, and I'm not singing my heart out or whatever. But that whole idea of blogs declaring: "this is the new denomination for this sound" is ridiculous to me.

I'm just being myself. I'm not a very complex guy; I'm not a very studious, crazy intellectual guy. I'm just a guy.