I think it's just entertainment for people that are interested in the form. To sing along to and be psyched by.

I guess the majority of people who want to ban certain musicians are the ones who are so proud of everything America stands for.

There's something in life that's cool, it's relatively cheap, and fun, and populist. Even when it's elitist.

The best I do, if I'm just playing around and riffing in a fantasy world, and then I'll write something down. Hopefully I write it down.

In the early '90s, it felt like there was space - there was like an empty feel. There was nobody really doing this. Maybe the Pixies were, a little bit. Their lyrics were also disjointed, more psychosexual or something. That's part of youth, too, maybe, that you just feel like you're doing something different.

I don't want to be in Mötley Crüe or something.

Traditionally, when we lived here [in Portland], we have a record player in the living room, and there's lots of stuff playing, all different kinds of music. I don't listen to any of those Internet radio things. I have iTunes on my thing, but I've never bought a single thing on it. Except for "Call Me Maybe," for the kids or whatever. Carly Rae Jepsen.