You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it.

When I'm writing, I'm constantly thinking about myself, because it's the only experience I have to draw on. And I don't see an exact reflection of myself in every face in the audience, but I know that my songs have validity to them, and that's why the fans are there.

Well, we promised our fans that we'd put out records faster, and that's what we're doing. We figured out a way to condense our cycle, so to speak, by... continuing to write, trying to keep the creative ball rolling as often as possible.

There are always going to be encounters that you kind of wish went differently. But the average fan really isn't fanatical.

Once we start hitting lyrical themes that can whack you from all these different perspectives, we know we're onto something special.

To pigeonhole a genre as being successful or unsuccessful is weird.