There's nothing harder than making a mellow, clean record. It's really scary. I can see why people would never want to do it.

I don't think I'm the best lyricist it's hard for me to express feelings through words.

If you'd have asked me two years ago, I'd have been like No, anything and everything. Go for it. Now, I want to focus on doing the best I can each time. But I think it's hard for me to only put out one record a year. Because I get too antsy. But it's good I'm learning to do that, because each record counts. And you should make it count.

The next album I make might be the most messed up thing ever. It's all momentary for me.

Trying to say something is all you got in life.

All these kids who are growing up on Skrillex and all this digital music- what are they gonna think when they hear rock'n'roll?

Everyone uses noise as a crutch sometimes - I've totally done it. But when you make a good-sounding record there's nothing there but you.

I'm a pretty young person, but I think you need a little life experience to actually say something.

What excites me is the idea of doing a record that's pretty clean and focused on songs. I've rushed a lot with previous albums and there's not a rush now - it's not a race.

Beach. It's a very loose term now. Pretty widely used term. And that's awesome, but I guess my California experience is different from a lot of people's interpretations, and I think maybe I just wanted to put my spin on it.