Leona Lewis made some really nice albums.
I don't read a lot of rock magazines for the most part.
When you're releasing an album, you never know how it's going to go. You never know how a critic is going to receive it or how much it's going to sell.
I don't keep up with music.
I never do releases to try and make or break some contemporary band.
One thing I loved when I was growing up, you maybe saw one review from a magazine like 'Rolling Stone,' but now there are 150 reviews before an album even comes out. There are so many opinions out there, but the only one that really matters is your own.
Every week, I'm faced with, and aware of, 10-14 different reviewable albums that, in a perfect world, I'd be able to pop a review out of. But I'm just one person who, while maintaining my sanity, can only do 5-6 reviews per week.
Who are critics? Do they know about music? Have they proved themselves in the field? I remember, when we came up with the music of 'Dil Chahta Hai,' some of the critics said that the songs sounded like jingles.
But when our first album came out, I didn't think it was going to sell a lot of records.
I genuinely don't know how many albums I'm going to sell when the new album comes out, because I honestly don't know how many fans I've actually got at the moment.
I think 'Apricot Princess' actually came out before 'Flower Boy.'
We're real people and we're a band that's been playing on the scene for a long time. We've made a lot of friends, and one enemy we've always had was the NME. They've always basically slated us and they've basically never ever written about the music.
I write a column for The Village Voice, which I've done since time immemorial, and occasionally - and books. And I occasionally write minor notes for record albums and occasional articles.
The only thing I get more than Anthony Fantano hate is Anthony Fantano memes.
The whole time after you record an album, you're just waiting for the release date. You're waiting for fans to hear it and stuff.
I don't really have anything nice to say about pop-country radio.
I've read some pretty harsh criticisms of my music, but some of them I agreed with and actually sat with me.
I came over here and worked for rock magazines, and I worked for Rolling Stone, which has a very high standard of journalism, a very good research department.
I don't care what 'Pitchfork' says. They write from a place that's a little too self-aware for me to really give a damn about what they're talking about.
Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read.
I always go for 'SPIN' magazine because I'm such a music buff.
I can't honestly say with a straight face that every Avenged Sevenfold album is my favorite.
I wrote the music column in my high school newspaper.
I like idolator.com a lot. Every once in a while they shred me on there, but it's usually pretty funny.
I was a huge fan of this band called Sparks. It was a pretty good inauguration to music, since their music is quite complex.
