Love's An Excuse To Get Hurt And

Since The Songs Were Written Over A Five-year Period, I Think These Are Little Snapshots. Some People Call It Political Or Topical, But I Think Each Song Is Self-contained. I Think It Fits Together As A Picture Of The Last Half-decade Of Time.

We, The Desaparecidos, Are Perfectly Prepared For People To Hate What We're Saying Or Not Like What We're Saying.

To Outsiders It Probably Seems Like Splitting Hairs, But To Me, Bright Eyes Is A Simply The Collaboration Between Myself And Mike Mogis And Nate Walcott. What You Hear Is Definitely The Sum Of All Our Ideas And Represents All Three Of Us. But I Still Write The Songs Myself.

It's Hard To Get People To Focus On One Idea.

When I Run Into A Person Or A Kid That Comes Up And Gives Me The Spiel About, 'hey, I Got Your Record At This Time In My Life, And It Really Helped Me,' That Stuff Totally Still Rings True. If You're Standing There Talking To Someone, It's Really Easy To Tell If They're Being Authentic Or Not. And That's Great.