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

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" I want really badly to just be funny in a movie but be close to myself. "

" There's so many FM hits that I love. Bob Seger, there's two of his songs that I love. I would probably love more, but I don't sit around listening to Bob Seger records. It's the same thing with Tom Petty; he writes amazing hits, but it's not often that I sit around at home listening to a whole Tom Petty album. "

" I'm not cynical, but the reality is that life is mortal. Terrible, sad things happen. Everybody loses friends and family. I'll be on tour and get really scared if my wife won't answer her phone within one minute. I'm sensitive. "

" 'Smoke Ring' was a downer, then 'Wakin' was an upturn. "

" My favorite kind of song is the most beautiful song that you love so much and it's so good it makes you want to cry a little bit. Any jam can sound like that on a certain day. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Critics always get the lyrics wrong in reviews, which is amusing - especially when they use them against you. "

" I just try to make as much money as possible. However I can do it. With as much integrity as I can have. "

" Everybody goes up and down throughout their lives. "

" 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. "

" When I first got the record deal, I thought it felt like I won the lottery. But I always worked hard at it. "

" People can have their punk ideals, but I don't really care about that kind of thing. "

" Even when I haven't played in a while, I can sit down and start with a chord, and just drop into it. It's like this tunnel I go into. The zone is where I want to live. "

" I always sort of liked Mesa/Boogies, but I wasn't sure if they were cool or not cool. "

" I feel like when I say something sad, I mean it. "

" 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. "

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

" I'd say the best thing the Violators and I have done is to dominate the U.S. with an arsenal of smash hits. "

" I had a wacky job driving a forklift for an air freight company. That was the worst. "

" People do get mad at me for falling asleep sometimes, and it's the most frustrating thing. I can't help it. What am I gonna do? "

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

" Influence is all osmosis. "

" It's gotta feel natural. I'm always into that, and after awhile, if I am working on a song too long and trying to make something out of it that it's not... it's best just to stop and move on. "

" 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. "

" I definitely have relapses of stress. Most human beings are like that. But I think, ultimately, music is a therapeutic situation. Once you start playing, it all just gets resolved. "

" There's too many favorite songs, so I'll just say right now my favorite song of all time is 'Poison' by Bert Jansch. "

" I feel like my music is like - there are always new influences in 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. "