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" After I play a gig, I'm like a different person: I have superhuman strength. "

" All of my surroundings influence my songwriting. It's autobiographical, although I leave enough space so it's relatable. "

" A lot of getting a song done is booking the studio time. "

" Anybody that's from somewhere that's made it in music outside of New York or L.A., if it's a unique enough place, they'll always say, 'Dude's from Minnesota!' Or wherever, you know? So that's how I got the Philly connection. "

" Around '93, the radio started playing 'Loser' by Beck and 'Cut Your Hair' by Pavement, and then I got way into Pavement. That was kind of a gateway drug into indie rock. I got all their B-sides, and I got that 'Hey Drag City' comp, so I got into all those Drag City bands. "

" Australia is a wild place. "

" Cigarettes are the worst thing in the world for you. "

" Critics always get the lyrics wrong in reviews, which is amusing - especially when they use them against you. "

" Even when I haven't played in a while, I can sit down and start with a chord, and just drop into it. It's like this tunnel I go into. The zone is where I want to live. "

" Even when I played in little league as a kid, I liked making friends, but I didn't want to be there, really. "

" Everybody goes up and down throughout their lives. "

" Every time I play with somebody, your perspective gets a little extended. It always rounds you out a little more in some way. "

" Finger-picking, in general, is a hypnotic thing. I feel like I'm more A.D.D. all the time, so the music has to be hypnotic. "

" Humor is important. Nothing against bands that are always a downer, but the reality is - it just becomes theater. "

" I actually often write about writing music and being in that zone. "

" I always sort of liked Mesa/Boogies, but I wasn't sure if they were cool or not cool. "

" I benefit from a change of scenery; it's always inspiring. "

" I can be chill. That's a side of me that I like. But then, I can also be not so chill. I can get a little stressed out. "

" I definitely have relapses of stress. Most human beings are like that. But I think, ultimately, music is a therapeutic situation. Once you start playing, it all just gets resolved. "

" I do a lot of things, and I'll get excited about them - maybe it'll be a song in a movie - and then it comes out, and you're like, 'Aww, that was cool, but it wasn't quite as big a deal as I thought it would be.' "

" I don't have anything to get off my chest. I'm not itching to prove myself anymore. "

" I'd say the best thing the Violators and I have done is to dominate the U.S. with an arsenal of smash hits. "

" I feel like if you sit down and have an assistant engineer and a producer in a top-notch studio and everyone sets up all the mikes perfect, all of a sudden it's really hard to live that melancholy song. It's hard to really live it in the moment. "

" I feel like my music is like - there are always new influences in there. "

" I feel like when I say something sad, I mean it. "

" If I had known I'd be on Matador back then in my childhood, it would have blown my mind. "

" I find that I get nervous before I play. Even sound checks can give me anxiety and screw with my mind. But as long as I can play a little acoustic guitar backstage if I'm feeling nervous, so I don't have to walk in there cold turkey, I'll be fine. "

" If I sit in the same square room and work on something too long, I feel like you just go mad. "

" If somebody else wanted to do a song for McDonald's, that's up to them. I wouldn't do something like that, but whatever. "

" I get to come home to my family. It's awesome, just constant adventure, never a dull moment. So much life. "

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