I keep my eyes closed a lot when I'm singing because sometimes it's distracting to see people.

People resist change; if they like something, then they want you to keep doing it over and over - but I think if you like what a particular band or artist does, then you should want to see what they're going to do next.

All eyes on the calendar, another year I claim of total indifference.

So when your (new) eyes meet mine they won't see no lies, just love...

I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets into the microphone.

On every Bright Eyes record, there's some kind of sound collage that begins it. Some of them have dialogue, some don't. I like it because it can kind of slow down the attention span a bit. It's a way to draw you in to the rest of the record.