I always write the first and last song of an album first, and then the middle just kind of happens.
BRADFORD COXThey had it at the library and I always thought that was interesting, even when I was into punk and stuff. Just the history of storytelling and the amount of melancholy a lot of old music has.
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Talk to Arto Lindsay and I’m sure he’s tired of people asking him about DNA; he’s probably really into what he’s doing now, which is good stuff.
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I don’t like the sound of my own voice. And, for people I don’t know, their impression of me is what they read on the internet, and they’re so far off a lot of the time.
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You’re always as a musician trying to shock yourself or create music that’s maybe even too weird for your own taste.
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I see a lot of people doing an “’80s thing” who weren’t even born until the ’90s.
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When I got hit by the car, I became depressed. As a result, I’ve been on antidepressants and I feel like I have no sexuality left. People complain about that side effect, but I love it. I feel outside of society.
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Musicians and artists are not… it’s not like politicians or something where you can’t really affect them.
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I think the younger kids need to realize there’s this whole forgotten 90s that people don’t really talk about.
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What could be more experimental than me writing a straight up love song?
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For me, experimenting involves traditionalism.
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They had it at the library and I always thought that was interesting, even when I was into punk and stuff. Just the history of storytelling and the amount of melancholy a lot of old music has.
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Unfortunately it’s hard for me to be a fanboy for anything these days just because I see so much music.
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We all come back to our little worlds.
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You think about people like Elvis, Kurt Cobain, or the Beatles, who grew up without privilege and needed a certain validation through peoples’ acceptance, or admiration from their peers. And money is part of that, but it always comes too late.
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There’s not like this separate caste system where it’s like, “I’m the musician, you’re the audience. Never the two shall meet.” It was a case where it was like, “Hey, you know what? I’m on your level, man.”
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I think people are intimidated by me, and I don’t know why. Sometimes even my own bandmates can be intimidated, or irritated, by me.
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