You call out Kings of Leon a little bit on this new record [“the Kings of Leon still have time to write songs about girls”]. What’s that about?

They’re on our label, and from what I know, they’re nice guys. I like their music, they’re a very catchy band and they write good songs. And they’re good looking. But I think of them as the opposite of my band. It’s like David Bowie and Iggy Pop—one was the glamorous, untouchable rock star…and then there’s Iggy Pop, who’s a mess of instincts and awkwardness on stage. So I want to speak for the people who aren’t that “cool,” not the son of a preacher who moves to New York and writes a great rock hit. I’m a neurotic, Jewish freak. So, yeah, it’s great the Kings of Leon still have time to write songs about girls. I’m just obsessed with the details of my neuroses and society falling apart. I can’t write “Use Somebody.” I’m too tortured.