Every broken lunatic needed a theme song..
You need to get outside of your comfort zone to write songs that are interesting, songs that are compelling, songs that are different from what other….
It's very hard to get good songs because a lot of writers record their own; they keep the best for themselves..
This is sad. I just think it’s a little ridiculous we are still only looking at the surface of one another. Red hair? Blue hair? Pink? Blonde? Short?….
In some ways, when you re-envision a song like that ["Never Be Mine"], there's a completely different energy to it each night..
The reason I stop playing songs is usually because I get sick of them, and then they find themselves back into the set list at some point..
Make sure that your song is fun and catchy. Make sure that you enjoy singing, and drink tea..
I don't remember half of the new bands, though - and I think that's kind of where we're going. It's turning into just a big derby of songs. May the b….
There's an element of tongue-in-cheek in every one of our songs. Walking off into the sunset, holding hands, and being married forever was not exactl….
I take things a little bit more critically now, like, "What did I think I was saying in that song? What is this song about?" I thought the lyrics wer….
I got hit up for a tampon commercial and so I asked [JD and Jo] if they had anything. Jo sent that over and I was like, "I love this track. Oh my god….
My dream artist to play at prom would be Frank Ocean. "Thinking of You" is one of my favorite songs. He makes really sweet music for slow dancing at ….
I think that it's so powerful for me to go see someone like Bridget Everett at Joe's Pub and watch her weave her songs in and out of these funny, tra….
If there is one thing I think I have accomplished, it's that I always thought of myself as a very literal songwriter, and as I look at some of those ….
I'm somebody who grew up listening to a lot of musical theater, so getting to finally write musical theater songs and songs that sound that way - the….
I'm a singer, not a vocal stylist. My breathing is correct; my enunciation is precise. Because of that, I can sing anybody's music. Yet there are sty….
I just want to break that song into pieces and love them all to death..
Music was a thing of the soul — a rose-lipped shell that murmured of the eternal sea — a strange bird singing the songs of another shore..
Behind the violence of the birthing of galaxies and stars and planets came a quiet and tender melody, a gentle love song. All the raging of creation,….
It was disturbing to me that an idea or a song could become something so different from what you originally intended. It's like if a friend took a st….
As far as the bands that are reforming now, it's always nice to see old friends and hear some of those great songs, but it's just not our thing..