I used to live too much of my life worrying about what other people thought, ... My dark and introspective life was solitary. It was valid, (but now) I finally feel like I have a family. I'm integrated. My friends are really important to me, and they have a lot to do with why this record is so (expletive) cool.

I don't like the dislocation of being away for months at a time. It's not conducive to having a life.

It's gotten really blurry, ... When you ask, 'Are we creating a genre?' I don't know. We're just creating a party. I went to a gay bar in L.A. a few weeks ago and they were playing Interpol's 'Slow Hands.' A quarter of the guys were singing along, and there was some sort of kinky scene happening. I was like, 'This is really cool.' It's what I've been telling my record company all along: We need to promote those remixes to DJs, because the worlds aren't that far apart, anymore.

We really cover the whole spectrum and it's a hoot. It's meant to be a really up, fun show. And it's a nice reward for me personally, since I've never gone back and revisited some of this stuff. And for other people, it's a reward for bearing with me.

The club night was an extension of making the record. We've written it over the past couple years, but we just need to tighten up the sounds a little bit.

I think same-sex marriage is an issue that won't be settled soon, nor will the need to change public perception fade away next year.