On how the show has changed under his stewardship: "I'm certainly not going to begrudge somebody their impression that it's like way more about music now, even if it feels to me, like, yeah, there is a little more music. … I didn't feel the need to radically break from Garrison's format. In fact the form that he created I consider to be kind of perfect. To me it feels like writing for a group of instruments that are highly complementary, the way a string quartet is: two violins, viola and cello are just so lovely together. Same with two guitars, bass and drums. I feel like the show is that way: the music makes you laugh harder and the comedy makes you dive deeper into the music. Basically it all just propels itself forward until two hours is gone in a flash."