What producers did was mostly recording in the studio, so it never changed our sound just that much.

If you'd rather learn how to ride a horse or something, I would say do that. That'll keep you out of trouble. You would think a band would get you in trouble, but I think it's the opposite.

You know, the songs that are self-conscious or jerky, they are that way, but the other ones aren't, so that's a good thing. Some of the songs are Beck-jokey, but the others, they have heart in them.

That's why you go to a nice studio. You can get a magic take. You don't really have to do anything to it.

There's always a chance, a goal to make something different and get it right, finally.

I still hate [the Eagles]…. There’s levels of evil in it to me.

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.