I felt like I could get away with calling it Black Hours. That could easily be the most depressing record ever written, but because there is this sen….

When I got to L.A. I woke up and I was losing my voice because of the dry air. It was like, "Oh my god, this is going to be Joe's Pub all over again.".

You look back and see pictures of yourself, or hear an old song, and you know where that came from or why you were working on that - but you don't wa….

I used to put the vocals on top and piece it together. Now I start with the vocals and the string parts I write; the drums are kind of an afterthough….

Ironically, I like working with people..

When you're in your twenties you always think that 30 is a long ways off, and maybe you'll have things in line when you hit that number - maybe own a….

The first ones I played were in New York at Joe's Pub; I played four shows, but I did something like 30 interviews and a couple radio shows in the mo….

I feel really personally connected to all of the songs, so stepping back is really hard..

The funny thing is that the studio that we recorded in was the same studio that Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole used to warm up their….

Everyone in Seattle is a total pussy when it comes to snow. The whole city shut down, the place looked like an apocalyptic movie..

When we got to the step when we'd normally start collaborating, we started having these talks about how it was not worth getting together. Getting to….

The great thing is that when you hire string players you always get really great players. I don't know why that is..

I really don't feel as connected to Heaven as I do to the ones where I was there from start to finish. And on this record I was there for every momen….

I was writing music when we finished the last Walkmen record, Heaven, and a few of these songs may have even been started before Heaven was done. Wit….

You're always trying to find new stuff and new inspiration. If you don't really push and you don't try something that feels exciting, then it's not w….

I'm always writing music. I sort of do it obsessively, for good or for bad. It's good that it keeps me going, but it's bad because it really is sort ….

I was staying at my friend's house and he told me about the drug Prednisone. It took me 14 years to discover it. And there are a lot of times that wo….

My friends just kept joking about all the horrible physical side effects [of Prednisone ]. I can only imagine that something that works that well has….

You feel like half of your life is a vacation when you go to these Barcelona music festivals and have all day to sound check or go to the pool..

When you spend your whole life traveling it does get really tedious and exhausting..

Traveling makes a vacation lose all appeal. You would never want to take the family to a European city. You travel a lot, but it's a job..