I'm not saying I'm not a moody guy sometimes, but I think I have a pretty normal balance.

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

When I have just sat down and tried to write the lyrics of a song, usually about half of it sounds like bullshit. I just have to go away from something and come back to it again later. I do a lot of editing and switching around and putting little pieces together to get the right mood and personality, and it takes me forever to get a song finished.

It takes us a long time to write a song that we all really like, so it makes sense that it would take a while for the listener to get there, too.

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.

Sadness is not always the worst feeling. Sometimes it's a really pleasurable thing to be overwhelmed with sadness.

Maybe because I have spent too much of my life in rock clubs. I don't really go to parties anymore either. I'll usually be in the bus by 11:30 after a show.