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.

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.

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

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 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.