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" I grew up in an area that was the typical city that was a racially divided and economically segregated place. And it had a big influence on me. "

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" We've always been a band that questions things. "

" The way you perform really depends on the way you live your life. It's not two separate things. "

" When you're 19, girlfriends are girlfriends. Then you start thinking about the rest of your life and stuff. I don't know; something happens with your glands. Your alimony gland. "

" With every kid, there has just been a deepening of my humanity, because there's no more of a feet-on-the-ground moment than having a child. "

" The place we go as a band is a sort of samadhi, intensely emotional and not bound by self-thinking. And lyrically, one of the goals is to suggest that something is going on beyond what you can see. "

" The Web has incredible potential for an artist who keeps in touch with millions of people. "

" With 'Mental Jewelry,' we put a lot of pressure on ourselves to get something happening. I think we lost some of the personality in the music. 'Throwing Copper''s mission was to begin to get some of that back. "

" We came from a small town where there was no music scene or no other bands, and we decided to put ours together and go for it. "

" I consider our music a catalyst, something that might spark a thought or a question. "

" I've found lyrics in songs that always center me. "

" All of my favorite artists who inspired me were never afraid to be uncool and never afraid to wear their hearts on their sleeves - no matter how much flak they took for it. "

" Music is a spiritual event and a means to realize freedom. "

" You're living in a fantasy to think that music can actually change something. "

" I love Peter Gabriel, and I've come so close to working with him a few times. We were on a movie soundtrack together, but we didn't actually write together. "

" I've never had trouble finding inspiration for new songs, no matter what I'm doing. "

" You look at a song like 'Lightning Crashes,' and it's just so universal. "

" I feel proud to be a part of rock n' roll and the whole tradition of rock n' roll. "

" If there is a doctrine, a message behind Live, it's just that wordless intensity that doesn't necessarily have to mean anything. "

" All my favorite artists were pretty serious in the sense that their music was something I could sink my teeth into, from Peter Gabriel to U2 to these artists that made me want to read the lyrics and dig into it. "

" Arenas, to me, and especially sheds, are really great venues. You get that sea of humanity, but everybody can still see it and hear it. And that's really important to us. "

" I took a page out of the U2 book. They've always had a universal approach. Nobody doubts they're Christian, but there's an open door for everybody in any faith to consume the music at any level. "

" I think the message of the Live/Counting Crows tour is that, aside from what's going on trendwise, if you dig a little, you can always find something to inspire you. "

" It's always so rewarding, gratifying to me, as an artist and a writer, to see how this music gets more important for a lot of people as time goes by. And it's not just nostalgia. It's a feeling of it's really relevant to their lives, even though it's 20 or 25 years old or more. "

" Life takes turns. There are forks in the road. "

" We don't want Offspring-itis, Green Day-itis: you know, that thing where bands are all over the place at once, getting everything at once - major airplay on radio, major airplay on MTV. "

" I kind of spooked myself about getting older. It's not that bad really. "

" We really want the whole world to know about Live and to experience us. "

" From the very beginning, we were all a hundred and ten percent about the music, from the very early days when we could barely play our instruments, and we were just covering other people's songs when we were in high school. "

" I always thought it odoriferous for people to go about trying to pummel others with their ideas. "

" Those first big concerts we played as 'Throwing Copper' started to really reach people worldwide - I think we played our first big arena show at the George Estate basketball arena down in Atlanta. I remember showing up and standing on stage and just being like, 'I can't believe this is going to be full of people. This is huge.' "