When I moved to L.A., I was penniless, absolutely beyond broke and in debt up to my eyeballs.

I can go write an absolutely saccharine pop record with a really catchy lyric for another artist that could become a hit without meaning anything to me, but that's more the science laboratory, that's the other thing.

There is maybe a cynicism because of my past as a writer.

I find the songs that have the most human components in production are the ones that will stand the test of time.

I started selling corn dogs, ended up in the music industry. That's how it all started.

I am not opposed to doing a side project, like Death Cab for Cutie, where it's completely different from my own band.

I have a theory that you can decide to make whatever day it is a good day.