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" A lot of times, when you record something, the album becomes less about the music and more technical. "

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" Some of my songs are positive and stuff, but some are about staring down at the ground and obsessing about stupid things, and it is teenage in a way. "

" I don't know if i have a 'take' on L.A. The music community is enormous, from the studio musicians to the bands trying to 'make it' to the indie bands... so many bands... it can be overwhelming. But it seems healthy. "

" For me, it's hard to enter any situation with people where we're considering everyone equals, because I bring all of this massive baggage into anything that I do, preconceptions of my work. That's a lot for the people that I might be bringing along with me to bear. "

" Coming back to Dinosaur Jr. and actually writing songs for the band was really intense for me. "

" My family is the epicenter of my life. "

" I've managed to alienate most of what would be considered the core audience that I'm supposed to have had. "

" When I first started writing songs, I did play with my fingers, and I had these kind of weird strums. There's, like, three or four strumming patterns that seemed kind of unique to me. "

" Maybe I can't write without painting myself into a corner first. "

" From when I young, a lot of the things I grappled with, with instruments, was how large they were. When someone places a large guitar in your lap, it's hard - I'd learned how to play a guitar when I was a kid, but I never really felt like I was in control. "

" I don't focus on one thing. I play guitar and bass and keyboards and drums, but I never stay on anything long enough to become a specialist at it. "

" The minute we first started recording 'Defend Yourself,' I thought, 'Yeah. We're going to have to deal with a really terrible review from Pitchfork for this record.' "

" J. makes me laugh. He's incredibly dry and has a pretty harsh sense of humor that I enjoy. "

" Los Angeles was really beautiful, and California in general is a great place to live. "

" Harmony Korine, the screenwriter, was really into my early work. I did a lot of stuff under the name Sentridoh and a lot of 4-track cassette stuff that he was into. "

" Everybody talking about being afraid of being boring is boring. You have to go for the real substance of life after awhile. "

" When you're in a band, it's kind of a big thing to be friends as well. "

" That's what I've figured out over the years - the way I write makes people feel uncomfortable. "

" I really don't have a method. I gravitate towards the organic/acoustic, but I still often complete songs musically before attempting to find the lyric. "

" It just takes me awhile to get comfortable in any situation. "

" Now, when I have a four-string that I take on the road with me, it's a regular Martin. I bought a decent Martin with a pickup in it, and then I just take off the strings and have four strings on it. "

" I just write... I follow the melodies that I can't forget/the ones that pop up in my brain the most. "

" Early on, I really liked the idea of being confrontational. I loved the idea of making songs that made people really uncomfortable. "

" I think all food except for maybe pizza and Mexican food is better in Japan. "

" I have really severe tinnitus. "

" I've always tried to make music for someone who's never heard anything I've ever done. "

" Sebadoh were always kind of the un-band. We never really lived in the same town. "

" I'm realizing I need to be in close proximity to everyone I'm working with because that - I don't know - it keeps me engaged. "

" I think musicians naturally gravitate toward music that sounds real. "