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" 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. "

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" I actually often write about writing music and being in that zone. "

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

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

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

" Everybody goes up and down throughout their lives. "

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" 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. "

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

" All of my surroundings influence my songwriting. It's autobiographical, although I leave enough space so it's relatable. "

" Some people are so sad that, at times, that's what gets on my nerves - if they just hammer the doom, with no comic relief whatsoever. "

" I think 'She Drives Me Crazy' is hilarious and good. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Philly's busy enough. There are tons of record stores and record-head friends and plenty of D.I.Y. shows. It's a place where people pass through and bands don't usually skip on tour. There are lots of music resources, but it's not too over the top. "

" Australia is a wild place. "

" I got depressed so many times by my blue-collar life and self-conscious about the fact that I didn't go to college. I was always working super low-end jobs, being the complete opposite of what I wanted to be. "

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

" We'll play somewhere like London, playing to 2,000 people easy, and every time you play with more people, you think, 'You're a rock star,' and it makes you laugh. I guess I am, but I'm also, you know, not. "

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

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

" Nobody wants a complainer. "

" I like the idea of having money. "

" 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. "

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" I can be chill. That's a side of me that I like. But then, I can also be not so chill. I can get a little stressed out. "

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" Every time I play with somebody, your perspective gets a little extended. It always rounds you out a little more in some way. "

" John Prine in particular... just the chord changes combined with the words. He definitely can make you cry a little bit. Just a little bit. "

" I proved myself with 'Smoke Ring.' It was me maturing. I made a good pop record. "

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

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

" I love polished pop music, but stuff like Neil Young's Crazy Horse vibe or Waylon Jennings, that stuff is raw and real. "