If you are ever going to really highlight a religious observance, you have to anticipate it.

It wasn't anything that we set out to do ... although people are now saying that we sound like the Cure, though it's probably because my voice sounds similar to Robert Smith.

Everyone has some kind of work situation that keeps the band in mind. We're praying that we can just get our check and quit that job tomorrow ... with no disrespect to our bosses.

Every band thinks that they're gonna reinvent the wheel and throw traditional song structures out the window, but we've found that we work well with and are challenged by traditional structures.

They were completely intolerant. If I can't walk in my own back yard peacefully, something is wrong.

The X Factor? Who knows? It's a dynamic rock spirit like there is in The Who. The record is edgy pop, but the live show is out-and-out rock.

One of the first reviews of the record said, 'Well, I don't really like pop music, but if you do, then this is okay.' That was great, to me. I was glad that someone listened to it and heard it as a pop record. That's what we wanted to make.