The problem is that the internet IS some kid in a basement with an opinion. The fact that David Bowie and Elton John told me that they were fans of H….

. I did an interview earlier and somebody asked me if I [knew I] was onto something back when I was first writing. I said, "Yeah. I always thought I ….

People keep asking me if recently performing the Betty album will influence the song-writing and I think it might. There's songs on that record that ….

People are always going to have favorite albums or songs and you know that's more the listener's personal bias than basing it on anything musical or ….

To me, music and songwriting is... part of the intriguing thing is the creative process; you know, the creative thought process. Relying on that... t….

We went to South America on a trip and all I had was a Robert Johnson album. So that's a definite influence on the album. My bandmates John [Stanier,….

Later after college I discovered Gang of Four, Buzzcocks, and those kind of bands. My tastes have changed but I still carry a lot of the influences f….

We've played it [Milquetoast] a million times. When you play a song that much you sort of become disconnected with the lyrics. It's just another song….

Whenever I work on the computer, I have folders and you know how you always give everything working titles, if you have a riff or a motif or a chord ….

We did a really cool video for this song [Milquetoast] with Alex Winter from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure fame. He's an extremely intelligent guy….

I was into jazz even when I was a kid. My parents would play Ella Fitzgerald, George Shearing, and Dixieland music. I loved The Monkees, The Beatles,….