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" If you make a strange, eccentric record - like the Velvet Underground's 'White Light/White Heat' - it takes on its own mood because it's less about a shrewd marketing plan; it's more about an individual emotion. "

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" I've been trying to cut down on caffeine because it seems to aggravate my middle-age-onset acne, but I'm too tired to care. I'm growing a beard to hide it. "

Lou Barlow

Growing

Beard

Tired

" Now, when I have a four-string that I take on the road with me, it's a regular Martin. I bought a decent Martin with a pickup in it, and then I just take off the strings and have four strings on it. "

" I wrote 'Healthy Sick,' from our first LP, when I was 19. I'll happily play it till I'm 91 because it always feels good and truthful. "

" I really don't have a method. I gravitate towards the organic/acoustic, but I still often complete songs musically before attempting to find the lyric. "

" I've never been good at playing live in front of people. "

" I'll figure something out by writing a song about it. "

" Los Angeles was really beautiful, and California in general is a great place to live. "

" I'm fully aware, I've gotten terrible reviews my entire career. It's not a really big deal; it's something I can deal with. "

" J. makes me laugh. He's incredibly dry and has a pretty harsh sense of humor that I enjoy. "

" 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. "

" Worry is a big part of my life. I definitely worry a lot. "

" I look forward to so many things about going to Japan. The shows are early. It's great! They're really early, so it helps make dealing with jetlag a little easier. "

" I think people, just because of digital recording and how computers have become such an important part of our lives, I think the means to record music now is in more people's hands. It's a lot cheaper than it used to be. "

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

Lou Barlow

Always

" Don Henley is real fallback for awfulness. "

Lou Barlow

Real

Awfulness

" Someone who's a really good engineer is someone who's a little bit smarter than you but who also listens to you and doesn't impose agendas. "

" Literally everything I do is either write songs and play music, or I'm immersed in my domestic life. "

" Every show I play is like a little celebration of something in my life that has gone really well. "

" I keep the tantrums to a minimum because people don't want to see that. "

" I wrote a song for my sister's wedding. "

" I've learned by experience that, if I get too clever with lyrics, or if I'm not totally embodying my own wants and needs in the songs, I can't remember them. "

" It just takes me awhile to get comfortable in any situation. "

Lou Barlow

Just

Situation

" I hear people telling me a lot that the production of that particular record - 'One Part Lullaby' - really influenced them. I'm like, 'What? We were dropped from the label after that!' "

Lou Barlow

Hear

" A lot of times, when you record something, the album becomes less about the music and more technical. "

Lou Barlow

Something

Music

" To bicker over what could have been is silly. "

" It's cool to think about nursing, because a lot of people decide to go into it later in their lives. I could slip into school to be an LPN or an RN as a middle-aged man, and it wouldn't be unusual. "

Lou Barlow

Think

Cool

" I had a very strong 'revertigo' for becoming the kid that I was when I was in Dinosaur Jr. That's a pretty insecure place that I was in. "

" I can finish a show and walk through the audience without being recognized. "

" Harmony Korine, the screenwriter, was really into my early work. I did a lot of stuff under the name Sentridoh and a lot of 4-track cassette stuff that he was into. "

Lou Barlow

Harmony

Early

" All the issues you deal with get more complicated as you get older; it takes more focus to write songs that reflect what you've gone through. "