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I've always sort of felt like what the Shins is, I guess, is a vehicle for my writing.
Life is sad. People, you know, are going to pass, and you know that you will one day.
My attempt at really doing classic sort of songwriting is Shins stuff.
My dad was a Navy munitions officer, and by the end of his career, he was a specialist in nuclear weapons.
The part of modern pop music I don't know much about is hip hop.
There's not a lot of thinking that I need to do away from the studio on Broken Bells stuff.
Until having kids, I had never really thought about mortality so much.
The real challenge of writing songs isn't just writing a bunch of parts - like a verse, chorus, verse - but making something that flows together... →
Collaboration is something I missed at one point in The Shins. I really wanted to have that experience again, you know, not having everything rely on... →
For the longest time, I didn't even want to admit I was serious about music. Before the Shins, I would tell myself, 'Oh, I'm going to... →
I most enjoy sitting down with the acoustic guitar and just fiddling around and trying to come up with something like a hook or some sort of melodic... →
I remember being in high school, and you had to draw those lines and define yourself. I don't think when I was in high school I would have been... →
I think perfect dates involve walking a lot, and not a bunch of driving around in cars. Ideally, you can walk together and go to a restaurant, and... →
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