I Tend To Name Albums After One

A Lot Of Musicians Are Super - Insecure And They Take Forever And They Obsess Over The Minutia And It's Really Stifling. It's Not That The Band The Black Keys Is That Confident, It's That We're Not Striving For Perfection. We Are Just Trying To Have Fun. None Of The Music That We Like Is Perfect. It's Good. And Real. We Just Want To Make Real Records, Flaws And All.

I'm Sure You Feel Differently About Writing Than You Did When You First Started. When You Get Older And Your Brain Changes, You Have To Figure Out How Your Job Fits Into Your Life As It Changes, You Know What I Mean? I Guess Everybody Goes Through That Stuff, And I'm No Exception, Always Trying To Figure Out What I'm Doing With Music.

You Get To Bring Your Own Sound System When You Play An Arena, All The Lights And Visual Stuff, Which I Think Is Really Cool. There's Something About Those Old Arenas, Where It Feels Larger Than Life.

Bands From Akron Have A Sense Of Humor And Don't Tend To Take Themselves Too Seriously.

You Know, There's Always Someone In Mind When I'm Writing. You Know, It's All Comes From Somewhere Inside.