After a while, you start to believe that your opinions are more valid than everyone else's. It can be hard to be humble about making really good music; you really believe that you're a savior to music. That's why bands don't like each other.

Youth is so cynical. There's never anything to believe in as a teen.

I never understood the low art/high art distinction.

I'm not excited when bands strip things down. I'm not excited by the White Stripes.

There's too much rock that relies a fetishism or nostalgia for the old ways. That's a real enemy to music.

Even that word depends on what you mean by pop. I mean, pop music has currency. It could just be about that girl who's in love with you.

The live experience and the recorded experience are totally different. When you're recording an album, you won't be able to immerse people in sound. When you play live, you want to grab people on the visceral level. They're completely different.