Yeah, on the records, the guitars are made melodic, and I try to make it memorable. There's not much just wanking, to be honest - it's mostly melodic parts. I try not to play too many notes. It's just more instrumental music. It's a totally valid criticism if you don't like that kind of thing. It also is maybe a little anachronistic or unnecessary in a certain way.

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

I'm more into describing a scenario and I move around in that scenario.

Don't go to the same studio twice, or work with the same engineer twice.

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

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

Things tends to often [consolidate] like Disney. It's the same with music. There's Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young and Patti Smith. There's these three people that everyone seems to agree on. No matter what they like, they seem to like those three.