People who were really good at playing or singing seemed boring to me..

Sometimes songs need extra time and space to really play themselves out, and some songs it's like, this is all you need, a straightforward thing..

If people like electronic music, then great - let that be the next thing. I don't think I ever really will, but there's plenty of records for me to g….

When I was growing up, I really liked punk rock. I liked the sort of people that played really powerful music that was pretty unassuming otherwise - ….

A lot of overdubs from the last couple of records had to do with me being insecure about the way my voice sounds or the way I play guitar. I would wa….

If you know that someone is going to hear what you're doing, you're always going to be self-conscious about it. In a way that's good; it spurs you on..

I don't listen to a ton of music other than putting my show together, just because my lifestyle isn't too conducive to listening to music all the tim….

My whole view of music completely flipped over on its head. I grew up listening to punk rock, SST. I liked people that were making music that weren't….

It's really hard for me to capture this certain way of singing that sounds good to me. I don't really understand it, but hopefully some day I'll figu….

I could never settle down into a reggae band, that's too bizarre..

To me, Modest Mouse is one of the best bands ever. I actually wasn't surprised that they made it big. It's always weird to see it happen, and it happ….

For me, I'm more of a songwriter than a guitar player or singer. And not having things to work on was really kind of nice..

There are lot of bands that have too many songs, I think..

There are certain recordings where my voice sounds good to me. Singing live I really enjoy, but I don't know how good it sounds..

That's one of those hazards of an interview: You get tired of your stock answer and you try to get creative and even play devil's advocate..