I'm just a regular guy, but if you cross me it will get physical.

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

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.

When life gives you the opportunity to check off a thing on the bucket list, you have to check them.

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

Nobody works harder than Lady Gaga. Nobody. She is unbelievable. I don't know how she sleeps, or when or if.

Everything that kills me , makes me feel alive