I think you go through different phases when you do albums, and I think that they change according to where you are in your life and what you're inspired by at the moment.

I want the music to stand out a little bit more than many other bands do. I still have some stuff where I don't use the high hat, and I don't use any crash cymbals. It just makes for an interesting sound because you don't really notice it when it's not there, but if it was there, you would definitely hear it.

If you want to do a movie about aliens coming down to Earth nowadays, you need to do it with a smile.

We started out with a lot of bands in the same generation as ours, and there are very few left. Mainly, I think people get into it for the wrong reasons. They either want fame or the girls. I think music has to be a fun experience, but it also needs to be in your blood. I firmly believe I was born to write beautiful music, and that's what I do, and that's why I don't do anything else, because I have no interest and no passion for it.

I like to think that the music is a mixture of personal experiences mixed with photography and movies.

I guess my life was in a pretty disorderly fashion, so I think the music came out that way a little bit.

It's not really a conscious decision to do a quiet album or a noisier album. It's just something that happens, I guess.