The Beatles Never Get Old.

The Process Of Introducing People To New Music Is Amazing. It's A Gift. One Of The Best Parts Of Any Day Is When Someone Says, 'hey, Check Out This New Band...'

We Never Really Set Out To Talk About California On The Album ['california'], It Was Something That We Noticed That Was Happening About Three-quarters Of The Way Through The Recording Process. We Were Looking At Which Songs We Thought Would Make The Record And We Realised That There Was This Theme Coming Through. I Think It's Just A Product Of Being In California For As Long As I Have.

The Last Few Years I Became A Lot More Into Sports. Growing Up, The Sports I Liked Were Independent Sports, Like Skateboarding. I Was Really Into Skateboarding, And Not Necessarily Team Televised Sports.

Even Though It Was January, In Los Angeles It Was Beautiful And Sunny And The Blue Skies Were Out And It Was Hot Everyday, So I Think It Was Just A Product Of Our Environment. And California To Me As A Concept Or As An Idea Always Seems Like Endless Optimism And Endless Opportunity - When People Think Of California They Think Of Palm Trees And Blue Skies And Gorgeous Sunsets And Beaches And Everything Else. But There's Also This Weirdness To California, This Darkness, It's A Place Where People Come To Follow Their Dreams And Sometimes Don't Make It.

When People Are Amped Up, They Listen To More Upbeat, Loud Songs. A Frank Sinatra Album Sets A Certain Mood, Just As A Clash Record Sets Another.