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" I find rebellion packaged by a major corporation a little hard to take seriously. "

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" When I was in high school, there were these British blues-rock-type bands with really good guitar players that would jam on one song for half an hour. And as much as I was amazed by some of those guitar players, seeing them prompted me to make a note that that's not something I could do. "

" That's the thing about pictures: they seduce you. "

" I encourage people not to be passive consumers of music and of culture in general. And feeling like, yeah, you can enjoy the products of professionals, but that doesn't mean you don't have to completely give up the reins and give up every connection to music or whatever it happens to be. "

" I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching. "

" I ride my bike almost every day here in New York. It's getting safer to do so, but I do have to be fairly alert when riding on the streets as opposed to riding on the Hudson River bike path or similar protected lanes. "

" I'm guarded; I don't talk much. "

" I read the NY Times but I don't trust all of it. "

" Some artists and indie musicians see Spotify fairly positively - as a way of getting noticed, of getting your music out there where folks can hear it risk-free. "

" I've been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and take a picture. I've learned to resist that. "

" Maybe every city has a unique sensibility, but we don't have names for what they are or haven't identified them all. We can't pinpoint exactly what makes each city's people unique yet. "

" Software constraints are only confining if you use them for what they're intended to be used for. "

" Some folks believe that hardship breeds artistic creativity. I don't buy it. One can put up with poverty for a while when one is young, but it will inevitably wear a person down. "

" I found music to be the therapy of choice. I guess it is for a lot of people. "

" One of the benefits of playing to small audiences in small clubs for a few years is that you're allowed to fail. "

" It's not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix. "

" As everything becomes digitized, there's the idea that things that can't be digitized become more valuable. "

" Cycling is a joy and faster than many other modes of transport, depending on the time of day. It clears the head. "

" Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past? "

" The Heads were the only band on that scene that had a groove. "

" It's a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn't support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When I put it like that, it sounds like, 'Well, yeah,' but you start to think, 'Why not, though?' What makes one more valuable than another? "

" You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends. "

" Domination and monopoly is the name of the game in the web marketplace. "

" Frank Lloyd Wright... his things were beautiful but not very functional. "

" Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter. "

" I think I had a mild case of Asperger's as a younger guy, but that typically just wears off after a while. "

" I think sometimes - not always - I write songs that are accessible. "

" I'm concerned that my technical skills have advanced to the point where I can get closer to what I'm aiming for, which is not such a good thing. "

" I couldn't take pictures of green rolling hills. "

" I remember talking with Arcade Fire after their first record, when they were getting all kinds of offers from major labels, and I don't think I gave them any advice. They survived that whole onslaught pretty well anyway without me. "