I really do love pop. I understand songwriting, I understand the business, and I'm not stuck in any one particular time period.

After waiting four long years since the Lost CHIC Tapes were recovered, I'm finally putting out our first record. I'm like a child waiting for Christmas morning.

I grew up in the era of the concept album. What I do now is pick up on singles, and they are their own complete stories; you don't necessarily have to hear the rest of the album because I don't think albums are created like that anymore. They get songs from all over the place.

If I could live in one city and do every single thing I do there, I would choose Venice. You can't turn your head without seeing something amazing.

I'd probably be a super wealthy guy if I had sat around writing songs and getting them placed like everyone else I know. But I write songs about people or after I meet them and they're somewhat biographical - they're fiction but also non-fiction.

You can fool a person into going to see a movie with a good trailer.

I would play hooky from school and spend all day in the movie theaters. Consequently, I learned satire in all its subtle forms.