When You Look At What People Consider

My Favorite Rhymes Are Sort Of Half-rhymes Where You Might Just Get The Vowel Sound The Same, But It's Not Really A True Rhyme. That Gives You Far More Flexibility To Capture The Feeling You're Trying To Express. But Sometimes It's Best Not To Have Any Rhyme.

All Those Experiences Were A Chance To Learn More About Music. Playing With The Valley Band Is Like Such A "live" Band. I Mean, Really, In Many Ways Bright Eyes Is Really A Studio Project. We Form Bands To Tour, But It Really Is - You Know, We Take The Songs And We Figure Out How To Decorate Them And It's All In The Studio, We Build The Songs That Way. Whereas Mystic Valley Band Was The Exact Opposite, Where Everybody Knows What They Are Gonna Be Playing On The Song And There's Sort Of A General Stylistic Approach, And Then It's Just Plug In And Play.

If You Love Something, Give It Away...

My Head's A Carousel Of Pictures And The Spinning Never Stops.

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.