Something taken off the page can sound great, I guess. Usually it doesn't. It seems like lately Pitchfork is trying to champion lyric writers more.

Usually [the lyrics] go from one word to the next word - there's no finish line. The music was that way, too.

I thought The Doors were the greatest band for a while.

But we're still rehearsing and planning to make a new album next year. We have some really good new songs that we've already been playing on that last tour that we just finished.

When I was a kid I really liked the guitarist of The Doors [Robby Krieger]. He plays blues, but he plays a lot of melodic things. He plays scales that are kind of unusual, and some bent notes.

A good voice isn't so important. It's more important to sound really unique.

When a band means a lot to you, you build the fantasy more than the reality. Always.