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" I'd say the best thing the Violators and I have done is to dominate the U.S. with an arsenal of smash hits. "

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" I just try to make as much money as possible. However I can do it. With as much integrity as I can have. "

" I'm always working on music. "

" I'm not cynical, but the reality is that life is mortal. Terrible, sad things happen. Everybody loses friends and family. I'll be on tour and get really scared if my wife won't answer her phone within one minute. I'm sensitive. "

" I think if you just travel in general, it allows you to step outside of yourself and whatever you're familiar with. "

" I'm definitely influenced by Animal Collective. I watched them early on. "

" Life is mortal. There are all these rewards and consequences. Sometimes you embrace them, and sometimes they knock you over. "

" John Prine in particular... just the chord changes combined with the words. He definitely can make you cry a little bit. Just a little bit. "

" Humor is important. Nothing against bands that are always a downer, but the reality is - it just becomes theater. "

" Philly's busy enough. There are tons of record stores and record-head friends and plenty of D.I.Y. shows. It's a place where people pass through and bands don't usually skip on tour. There are lots of music resources, but it's not too over the top. "

" My family was always playing music; I always enjoyed it. My cousin, who is a little older than me, he started playing music, so I wanted to, also. I asked my dad for a guitar, and he got me a banjo, so that was my introduction to playing. I played it like a guitar. I had a few lessons, learned out a few chords, and figured it out right away. "

" 'Street Legal' is like a cult classic. It's pretty cheesy at times, but you learn to embrace it. "

" I think 'She Drives Me Crazy' is hilarious and good. "

" It's gotta feel natural. I'm always into that, and after awhile, if I am working on a song too long and trying to make something out of it that it's not... it's best just to stop and move on. "

" I really like Cold Cave. "

" I want really badly to just be funny in a movie but be close to myself. "

" I think that I identify with Philadelphia for a lot of reasons. Without even thinking about it, I called myself 'Philly's Constant Hitmaker' when I first got a MySpace, before I had any real hits. It was kind of just a funny slogan, basically lifted from the Rolling Stones' first album, 'England's Newest Hit Makers.' "

" People do get mad at me for falling asleep sometimes, and it's the most frustrating thing. I can't help it. What am I gonna do? "

" The real reason I was lo-fi before was really just because that's what I could afford. "

" All of my surroundings influence my songwriting. It's autobiographical, although I leave enough space so it's relatable. "

" I find that I get nervous before I play. Even sound checks can give me anxiety and screw with my mind. But as long as I can play a little acoustic guitar backstage if I'm feeling nervous, so I don't have to walk in there cold turkey, I'll be fine. "

" No offense to Boston, but I was glad to get out of there. I think it's just because I'm from Philly. Honestly, the blue collar side of each are pretty similar in ways, but something about the makeup of your brain, Philly versus Boston. It's a lot different, in weird ways. "

" There's too many favorite songs, so I'll just say right now my favorite song of all time is 'Poison' by Bert Jansch. "

" People can have their punk ideals, but I don't really care about that kind of thing. "

" I'm obsessive when I get an idea in my head. "

" Some people are so sad that, at times, that's what gets on my nerves - if they just hammer the doom, with no comic relief whatsoever. "

" Even when I played in little league as a kid, I liked making friends, but I didn't want to be there, really. "

" I've gotten a lot more paranoid in my older age. "

" Influence is all osmosis. "