I'm not interested in fad songs.

I’m terribly forgetful. I’ve lost laptops, cell-phones.

I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and I’ve talked to a lot of other writers about this, is you take your demo, you pop it in your car and you drive down Sunset Blvd. to Santa Monica, and that’s the Hollywood car test.

I’m a huge Lady GaGa fan – she makes the world a more incredible place.

I started selling corn dogs, ended up in the music industry. That’s how it all started.

I’m a sucker for pop melodies, things you can’t get out of your head.

I’m just a regular guy, but if you cross me it will get physical.

Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level – but I’m not a fan of contemporary Christian music.

I am not opposed to doing a side project, like Death Cab for Cutie, where it’s completely different from my own band.

Nobody works harder than Lady Gaga. Nobody. She is unbelievable. I don’t know how she sleeps, or when or if.