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

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" That's one of my favorite Matador records: Cat Power, 'You Are Free.' "

" I don't have anything to get off my chest. I'm not itching to prove myself anymore. "

" I like New York. I like Philly. I like San Fran. I like when people are stoked. But Chicago's a real music town, and they're really good to us there. There's just something in the air there; people are just really stoked about music. Every time I go there, I have a great time, and the fandom is really heartwarming. "

" A lot of getting a song done is booking the studio time. "

" 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. "

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

" I get to come home to my family. It's awesome, just constant adventure, never a dull moment. So much life. "

" It was just the next logical step from making succinct pop songs. What do you do after that? You make pop songs that are longer and more epic, that push the envelope. Imagine your favourite song, or something that you play over and over in the car, except that you don't have to start it over as much. "

" I like the idea of having money. "

" 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. "

" Nobody wants a complainer. "

" After I play a gig, I'm like a different person: I have superhuman strength. "

" Cigarettes are the worst thing in the world for you. "

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

" I'm the kind of person who will set time aside to do something and then do everything but that thing. "

" When I was 20, I moved up to Boston with my girlfriend, who's now my wife. She went to grad school, and I met a bunch of cool friends there. "

" When I was a teenager, I was mostly getting tapes and CDs, and somebody hipped me to the fact that you can get things on vinyl that are not necessarily available on any other fomat. "

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

" I really like Cold Cave. "

" On one level, we're on Matador, but our amps still might explode on stage, or they'll be an echo in the mic. It's like climbing a ladder. I like to climb it really slowly. I could probably get really professional right away, but I like to take baby steps and find my own way. "

" When I write, I tend to tap into this human wondering vibe that could come off negative, but it's really not. "

" I feel like if you sit down and have an assistant engineer and a producer in a top-notch studio and everyone sets up all the mikes perfect, all of a sudden it's really hard to live that melancholy song. It's hard to really live it in the moment. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I go in and out of mental funks all the time 'cause it comes with the territory. "

" Life is so beautiful, but there are all these scary things you can't deny. "

" 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. "

" 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 always working on music. "