My Writing Is Really Intuitive. As A

Popularity Has Everything To Do With Business And Nothing To Do With Music.

My Writing Is Really Intuitive. As A Kid, I Went To School In New Jersey And Hung Out In New York, So The Way Kids Used To Talk Got Into Our Earlier Songs.

I Like It When Songs Develop In Some Way. Four Minutes Usually Isn't Enough Time For Something To Develop Musically.

I'm Starting To Get Older, And Began To Think About Mortality A Little More. My Mother Died In 2003 And That Was A Big Shock. When Your Parents Start To Die Off, That's Going To Be A Revelation. So For Me, This Album - Although It Might Sound Quite Cheery - Is Really Talking About Death.

People Are Usually Afraid To Say What's On Their Mind.