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" Music doesn't always bring me to tears; if I hear 'Love' by John Lennon at a vulnerable moment, it will bring me to tears. "

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" The first songs I ever wrote - my first, like, serious offerings - were all written on ukulele. It's always been a part of the way I write for a really long time. "

" Some people play steel string beautifully, but I'm not exactly a world-class picker. "

" 'One Part Lullaby.' It was our big major-label record. People reference it quite a bit, but it did absolutely nothing. It's like the 'Kids' soundtrack. It did nothing. It didn't start anything for me. "

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

" I don't know if i have a 'take' on L.A. The music community is enormous, from the studio musicians to the bands trying to 'make it' to the indie bands... so many bands... it can be overwhelming. But it seems healthy. "

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

" I love Devo. There's nothing not to like. "

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

" Maybe I can't write without painting myself into a corner first. "

" Young bands are so angry. There are young bands that are so incredibly successful, getting incredible reviews, and they are totally angry. "

" I've always tried to make music for someone who's never heard anything I've ever done. "

" I was cripplingly shy. When I was in high school, my teachers thought I was mentally disabled because I wouldn't be able to say anything or do anything. They thought I didn't speak. "

" 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 put all my big revelations into songs when I was in my 20s; as you get older, revelations are harder to come by. "

" My voice is not very dynamic. "

" I enjoy Dinosaur for what it is. It's a unique band that has a unique chemistry. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Simplicity is at the core of Sebadoh. "

" I have really severe tinnitus. "

" 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. "

" After discovering the Ramones, I discovered really crude ways to multi-track by taking another cassette recorder and plugging that into the eight-track, playing it back, so that as I was recording with the mic in my guitar, I could have another cassette player I had recorded on feeding into the recording. "

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

" I like to collaborate with other people for studio recordings because I believe collaboration, in any form, makes music better. "

" I always felt weird. I don't feel particularly likeable. "

" At 12 or 13, I picked up a guitar because my mother made me learn how to play. "

" I like all the obnoxious Eagles stuff that just drives people crazy. I love 'Life In The Fast Lane' and 'Hotel California.' "