There's so much to be said for making your guitar sound like a synthesizer and try to make your drummer sound like a drum machine.

It's frustrating that people attribute something to certain songs and that's not what they're about at all.

I think there's real currency in pop culture.

Everyone tries to research your background. I have a real fear of celebrity and exposing my real self.

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

I have a real problem with rock music because it seems that lineage doesn't really exist.

I feel that's important that I have some place to go that isn't on the cover of a magazine. I signed up to make music.