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" To be doing interviews in 2006 for a band I was kicked out of in 1989 - a band that I never thought I would play for again - in a way, it's weird. "

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" 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. "

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

" Within Istanbul, there's a ton of people who are totally hip - like, the hippest people you could ever meet. "

" If you put heavy, regular classic guitar strings on a baritone ukulele, it gets pretty low. It has a really nice, low, warm feel to it. "

" I keep the tantrums to a minimum because people don't want to see that. "

" When you're in a band, it's kind of a big thing to be friends as well. "

" 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'm realizing I need to be in close proximity to everyone I'm working with because that - I don't know - it keeps me engaged. "

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

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

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

" One thing about when I came back into Dinosaur that was really cool was that pretty much anybody that J. was working with who had a long-term relationship with J. were people I really liked and that I actually may have already known. "

" I remember being inspired by this band Godflesh, actually. They were a really heavy metal band, really nihilistic. "

" Most of the times that I've written break-up songs, it's been different because I was always trying to get back to something: get back to a situation or talk my way or sing my way back into the relationship. "

" Harmony Korine, the screenwriter, was really into my early work. I did a lot of stuff under the name Sentridoh and a lot of 4-track cassette stuff that he was into. "

" 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. "

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

" I've learned by experience that, if I get too clever with lyrics, or if I'm not totally embodying my own wants and needs in the songs, I can't remember them. "

" That's what I've figured out over the years - the way I write makes people feel uncomfortable. "

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

" I went back and reread the Dinosaur chapter in 'Our Band Could Be Your Life,' and it was so depressing. "

" I don't really have friends in general. I never have. I didn't go to college and didn't have friends in high school. "

" Worry is a big part of my life. I definitely worry a lot. "

" I'm a huge Zombies fan. "

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

" At nine or ten, I was playing guitar in music class in my elementary school in Jackson, Michigan. They had a guitar class, and I played with ten of my classmates, and we did a little guitar orchestra for a school music. "

" 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. "

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

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

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