A song is a song and, if I am emotionally connected to do it, whether it is sad or not sad, I am going to chase that song.

Once you do have a child you want to talk about every detail of it. And it is really boring to all your friends and it should be.

I've never had so much fun being back at my job sitting in front of my computer. Compared to 10 months on the road, going home and sleeping in my own bed every night is really nice.

A different drumbeat or some vocal overdub could completely transform the song.

The last thing you want to do is write songs about being in a band.

Trying to make it and get people to respect your band, being a cool band-all of that stuff-I think we've arrived at a place where we have kids and everything is in perspective and it doesn't matter.

I'm trying to figure out how to record at home because I have a tiny house and a seven-year-old and my wife also works at home. So I can't work in the house because she's trying to write, so I pitched a tent in the backyard. I'm literally trying to record in the tent.