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" My family is the epicenter of my life. "

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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. "

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

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

" It's kind of crazy how music helped me overcome the anxieties that I have. "

" 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 all food except for maybe pizza and Mexican food is better in Japan. "

" I prefer to read into other people's songs what I want to hear in them. "

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

" My voice is not very dynamic. "

" I don't want to meet anybody famous, usually. "

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

" It's weird to say, but Sebadoh is kind of Dinosaur Jr. Jr. My two bandmates in the early Sebadoh era, Jason Lowenstein and Jeff Gaffney, were huge Dinosaur fans. They were very influenced by Dinosaur. "

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

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

" I just write... I follow the melodies that I can't forget/the ones that pop up in my brain the most. "

" Sebadoh were always kind of the un-band. We never really lived in the same town. "

" I don't focus on one thing. I play guitar and bass and keyboards and drums, but I never stay on anything long enough to become a specialist at it. "

" 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 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!' "

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

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

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

" NYC is a wonderland full of passionate music fans. Once I got over being intimidated by rock critics and finicky hipsters, I realized that NYC was a great place to play. "

" The Music Machine is my favorite rock band ever. "

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

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

" Simplicity is at the core of Sebadoh. "

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