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" The place we go as a band is a sort of samadhi, intensely emotional and not bound by self-thinking. And lyrically, one of the goals is to suggest that something is going on beyond what you can see. "

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" With every kid, there has just been a deepening of my humanity, because there's no more of a feet-on-the-ground moment than having a child. "

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" We never really write 'love' love songs. There's always something twisted about them. But as far as love songs, women just became way more important to us after we turned 21, as a band in general. Kind of broke up our boyhood solidarity as we started branching out into babes. "

" I always thought it odoriferous for people to go about trying to pummel others with their ideas. "

" I've never had trouble finding inspiration for new songs, no matter what I'm doing. "

" We take the art seriously. We take communicating it seriously. And maybe we took ourselves a little too seriously in the beginning. Sometimes I watch the videos, and I think, 'Yeah, you could've relaxed a lot in the 'I Alone' video,' you know? "

" I think 'cool' is overrated. "

" We don't want Offspring-itis, Green Day-itis: you know, that thing where bands are all over the place at once, getting everything at once - major airplay on radio, major airplay on MTV. "

" Life is full of inspiration, far more than I'll ever get to write about. "

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" Open Wings - Broken Strings is an opportunity for you to get to the heart of your favorite artists and their songs in a unique and compelling way. Stripped down, intimate and acoustic, you'll hear the strings on the guitar vibrate and buzz, the vocal chords hum and pulsate as the songs you love come to life like you never knew they could. "

" When I was a kid, my aunt coached me a little bit for choir, and what she taught me actually stuck with me. She basically taught me to sing from my diaphragm and not from my throat. "

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" Lots of human-rights tragedies deserve concerts, but there's something extra with Tibet. It's a spiritual culture, a country rooted in humility and compassion. And among artists, there's a lot of Buddhists, people who want an alternative to basic Christianity, which doesn't offer much. "

" We've always been a band that questions things. "

" I grew up in an area that was the typical city that was a racially divided and economically segregated place. And it had a big influence on me. "

" If there is a doctrine, a message behind Live, it's just that wordless intensity that doesn't necessarily have to mean anything. "

" The Web has incredible potential for an artist who keeps in touch with millions of people. "

" I consider our music a catalyst, something that might spark a thought or a question. "

" Life takes turns. There are forks in the road. "

" When we were starting out as a band, I was addicted to college radio. "

" I feel proud to be a part of rock n' roll and the whole tradition of rock n' roll. "

" You look at a song like 'Lightning Crashes,' and it's just so universal. "

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You

" All my favorite artists were pretty serious in the sense that their music was something I could sink my teeth into, from Peter Gabriel to U2 to these artists that made me want to read the lyrics and dig into it. "

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" I think that every band, whether they admit it or not, is going out there to succeed. I've always worn that on my sleeve. "

" We've been slighted in the press for being heartfelt. "

" With 'Mental Jewelry,' we put a lot of pressure on ourselves to get something happening. I think we lost some of the personality in the music. 'Throwing Copper''s mission was to begin to get some of that back. "

" I've always been into asking the big questions; I'm the last guy out the door at closing time cuz I was sittin' around 'til the wee hours with the other ones who were asking the same things. "

" We've never been satisfied with just making 'me' music. What we're doing is trying to go to a place of some reverence. "

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" I think the message of the Live/Counting Crows tour is that, aside from what's going on trendwise, if you dig a little, you can always find something to inspire you. "

" Individuals have to find a place to experience a profundity of feeling, and art is a means to that. "

" When you're 19, girlfriends are girlfriends. Then you start thinking about the rest of your life and stuff. I don't know; something happens with your glands. Your alimony gland. "