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" I love making records, and part of really doing that and being happy about it is just that each time I've done something, I come to terms with what maybe is wrong with it, and then I move on to the next thing. "

Lou Barlow

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Real

Awfulness

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

" People in the Midwest, there's a lot of regional pride and a lot more, like, fake positivity - 'That's great - you're awesome!' "

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

" 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. "

" NYC is a wonderland full of passionate music fans. Once I got over being intimidated by rock critics and finicky hipsters, I realized that NYC was a great place to play. "

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" I always felt that when people found things that they didn't like about me, it seemed to distance them from me. "

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Always

" I have to focus and keep things together as much as anyone with a real job... It's just that I know, from experience, that the more fun I have doing something that the more successful it will be. "

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" With every performance I just feel more energized somehow. Like, this is how I exercise! This is how I feed my ego, by playing this loud rock music. "

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