I'm better when I'm an autodidact and things just come. Or you're just blessed. I'm not bragging or anything, it just comes to you.

I'm not a go-to-the-gym type guy. I've tried before. And I'm not a jogger.

The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative.

Like the song "Stereo", to me that's like, kind of hip-hop in that slacker way. There's some slackerisms mixed in with that stuff, but it wasn't really conscious, I guess. When things would get more typical rock'n'roll that was my fallback to go to those kind of lyrics instead of the alternatives.

There's no point that an album should sound like a watered down version of another album.

I just don't think people listen. I mean, they can't listen to a whole album closely without checking their iPhone or wanting to skip to their favorite song, or putting something else on, practically. That's why the zone out is a good thing.

I didn't really like confessional poetry or things. They seemed sort of dated to me, or just corny.