I don't want to put out something I'm not psyched on just because I finished it. That's the stupidest reason to do something, really. I want it to be up to my standards. I don't want to put out something I wouldn't listen to.

I would love to hang out with Elvis Costello, to see what he's up to because he seems so fascinating to me.

I very often think about doing things that I would want other artists to do. Like, if I'm a fan of whoever, I want to be treated a certain way. So I realized it came off almost elitist to ignore the whole world of Twitter and Facebook.

'As Long As I Know I'm Getting Paid' is a satire. Lyrically, I want to be direct. With my history in Fall Out Boy, there's some expectation that I'm going to be lyrically obtuse. But that song is a straight-faced satire of consumerism.

I don't believe any genre of music can be unilaterally dismissed (aside from like, white-power music or something).

When you're No. 1 or No. 300, you still get to play and write the songs.

I really like pop music, I don't think it's a four-letter word.