I think one of the dangers of humor is becoming seduced by it and sacrificing the story for a few laughs.

We try to make the sound hold as much relevance as it does on the record you know, we don't try and interpret it in a different way.

What works for eating and swimming might work for reading and writing.

When you start becoming a pop star, you think, Hold on a second, maybe my life is different now - maybe all these people that I thought of as celebrities are going to be normal, and when I walk into a room I'm going to be really cool and so is everyone else. But that's not what happens at all - I was awkward, and then I just retreated from any social engagement for about a year.

There's no coherent stylistic genre specific advice that I could provide.

I think that the internet is a beast of burden.

We like to juxtapose our music with a more dour aesthetic.