I would love to play a show with Kanye West. That would be amazing. I want to play a show with Tom Petty or Bruce Springsteen. It would be really fun, especially to stick around, watch their show and watch how they work a crowd. It's really a wonderful thing.

If you can make the song a soundtrack to what you're living at the time, I think that's the most important part of a song.

I don't have a Twitter or a Facebook, but that doesn't mean I'm any more productive than the rest of the world.

I don't play an instrument - I just write in my head, and I usually hear fully formed songs. 'We Are Young' turned out so much like it was in my head. But it also exceeded all my expectations.

It takes a lot to still believe in people.

Eventually, out of sheer will of never wanting to get a job or go to college, I found my way into doing music full-time.

There’s always some level of optimism in every single song.