Being a producer is a very different experience than writing my own songs.

It's so easy to put music out that it's difficult to sift through stuff that I don't like to find stuff I do like.

I don't have a girlfriend, I have a dog.

Why do scuba divers fall backwards off a boat? Because if they fell forwards they'd still be in the boat.

I'm always asking friends what new music they're into, and I love showing people new talented artists.

Now everything is available at the push of a button, and that thrill of the search is gone. With vinyl albums and special edition releases, I feel like that's coming back.

Every one of those old songs like "What's My Age Again?" and "All the Small Things" is like a tattoo or a scrapbook or an old photograph. There are just songs that define certain moments in your life. Everyone has a song that got them through a bad breakup or they put on and it made them feel like they wanted to go out and kick the world's ass with their friends on a weekend. Those songs still feel like that to me.