The narrative songs were well-written, like an article in The New Yorker. They're nice and pat. They're more like I'm just showing I can do that when I write a song like that. It's not my true calling.

Well, you know, it's a younger person, and it was maybe an effort to be a little more sincere and adult about the lyrics occasionally, which is a good thing. It's nice that it's not too self-conscious like some of our lyrics could be.

I don't really know where the songs are coming from often. Many of the best things I made up were just off the top of my head.

I've lost my writing skills since college. I couldn't write a book. It would take a long time.

I think most musicians know if they make the same record twice, even if they say they don't.

The earlier stuff is more like "this is happening to me," but now there are more songs that are accusatory or something, or more declaratory. I don't know where that voice comes from, like, "I've been down the road, we've been there and done that." That's sort of like a tougher style, or a less vulnerable style.

Well, yeah, I sang to some songs on the radio or in the shower.