The fact that music can induce Goosebumps draw a tear inspire and connect is one of my favorite parts of being human

I did mostly good things, except light things on fire.

I really enjoy helping a band form their sounds and ideas from initial spark to completed album. Being a producer is different in that, at the end of the day, it is not my art. It's THEIR art, THEIR ideas, THEIR message.

We worked very hard on that untitled record to do something different and that we were proud of and to try a bunch of different ideas. It was like this gigantic musical laboratory that we were going to every day. I love that record, I think that's one of the high watermarks of us as a band.

I dated the same girl all through high school.

Antarctica is otherworldly, like nothing I've ever seen before. Stark, cold, beautiful desolation.

Make yourself look really stupid so you don't feel bad doing something a little stupid.