Love's An Excuse To Get Hurt.

It's In Vogue To Have A Cause And Give Money In Charity. But To Actually Speak Up And Say Something Like, I'm Pissed About This" - That Doesn't Seem To Be Very Popular Unless You're Writing A Blog Or Tweeting.

Music Becomes Very Personal. When You Marry A Message You Want To Send Out Into The World With Good Music, All Of A Sudden You Have A Very Potent Way Of Delivering Your Message.

One Of My Favorite Modern American Authors Is Denis Johnson. I'm Deeply Inspired By All Of His Work - I Rip Him Off Constantly.

To Outsiders It Probably Seems Like Splitting Hairs, But To Me, Bright Eyes Is A Simply The Collaboration Between Myself And Mike Mogis And Nate Walcott. What You Hear Is Definitely The Sum Of All Our Ideas And Represents All Three Of Us. But I Still Write The Songs Myself.

I Really Believe In The Way The Energy Can Consolidate In Certain Geographical Spots. You Can Find It In A Lot Of Different Places, Beautiful Natural Spots, Or If You Look At Islam Or Judaism Or Christianity, These Ideas Of Holy Places.