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" If I sit in the same square room and work on something too long, I feel like you just go mad. "

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" Around '93, the radio started playing 'Loser' by Beck and 'Cut Your Hair' by Pavement, and then I got way into Pavement. That was kind of a gateway drug into indie rock. I got all their B-sides, and I got that 'Hey Drag City' comp, so I got into all those Drag City bands. "

" 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. "

" I benefit from a change of scenery; it's always inspiring. "

" 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. "

" I really like Cold Cave. "

" I like to laugh at dark things. "

" 'Smoke Ring' was a downer, then 'Wakin' was an upturn. "

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

" 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.' "

" My music has to be funny and sad and happy and loving; it's gotta have it all. When somebody's just too dark all the time, it's just drama. Or if somebody's too funny? Well, I like being too funny sometimes. "

" I feel like my music is like - there are always new influences in there. "

" When I leave a recording session, there is usually a lot of paranoia or superstition on my part, like I'm afraid to hear what we've done. "

" I had a wacky job driving a forklift for an air freight company. That was the worst. "

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

" Everybody goes up and down throughout their lives. "

" 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? "

" If somebody else wanted to do a song for McDonald's, that's up to them. I wouldn't do something like that, but whatever. "

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

" I'm just used to the L.A. music life. "

" My cousin used to make fun of me for liking stuff like C+C Music Factory. I didn't have any tapes; I just liked their song on the radio. We liked that because that was what we had access to. "

" I do a lot of things, and I'll get excited about them - maybe it'll be a song in a movie - and then it comes out, and you're like, 'Aww, that was cool, but it wasn't quite as big a deal as I thought it would be.' "

" The last blue collar job I had, I was 29. Even 'Childish Prodigy,' I had a day job that whole time. Those early ones, they feel like psychedelic, blue collar records. Especially 'God Is Saying This to You,' there's such urgency in that album. "

" We'll play somewhere like London, playing to 2,000 people easy, and every time you play with more people, you think, 'You're a rock star,' and it makes you laugh. I guess I am, but I'm also, you know, not. "

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

" When I first got the record deal, I thought it felt like I won the lottery. But I always worked hard at it. "

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

" Australia is a wild place. "

" 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. "

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