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" A lot of people see a Nissan ad and they see a finished product in a record store or on iTunes and that's the face of the band. "

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" The Midwest breeds funny, eccentric people, to varying degrees. You play shows not because you're expecting to get a record deal, but to do something fun outside of mowing lawns. Everything else is just gravy... Or mustard. "

" One day you look out and the audience consists of 65,000 people. It's like looking in the mirror and one day you realise you've gone grey. "

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" Fast food is the one thing everyone can relate to. It's depressing, but also interesting, that people desire to eat the same sandwich in every single city in the world. But the biggest bummer is when you see a Subway in Berlin. Just devastating. "

" I think the best post-breakup album is The Strokes' first album. It's just fun. "

" When no one's buying your records, it's easy to justify selling a song. But once you start selling records, you can't really justify having two songs in Cadillac commercials. It looks greedy. And it is greedy. This whole music thing should be about music. "

" I imagine if Spotify becomes something that people are willing to pay for, then I'm sure iTunes will just create their own service, and they're actually fair to artists. "

" Rock n' roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world. "

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