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.

The main reason we understand what we're doing is because we're the individuals doing it. One of the things that surprises me is that all the songs are about me, and it's cool that people care.

I don't know whether we'll have another Michael Jackson or Elvis, because the world's too quick to level the playing field in that regard. For example, if Michael Jackson did the moonwalk for the first time now, and it debuted on Twitter, the third comment would probably be: "He's just walking backwards."

As I tell my intro creative writing students, after reading someone you love, wait at least an hour before starting to write.

I think what I listen to now is what I listened to as a kid which is kind of black American soul. I love soul music.

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

Music drives me insane, the incessant presence of music in my life. It informs how I see the world; it drives me crazy