I listen to the far left which informs the far right. Somewhere in the middle is where we end up.

I listen to the far left which informs the far right. Somewhere in the middle is where we end up.

I'm a huge Lady GaGa fan - she makes the world a more incredible place.

I think the best songs are being written by the very under-stated, under-appreciated indie artists. The thing that separates them from mainstream success is they either consciously or unknowingly refuse to deliver on a big chorus.

So for every day that you're on this earth, for every minute that you have, the whole idea is doing nothing less than exactly what you feel you're supposed to do and squeezing every last drop out of life every day, regardless of the difficulties or trials that you face.

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

I'm terribly forgetful. I've lost laptops, cell-phones.