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" We're not on a desperate mission to write chart compatible stuff. "

Stephen Malkmus

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" Pop music catches on like a meme. It just takes a little bit of tinder, and it can become a phenomenon. You have to break through that wall a little bit. Why it happens, I don't really know. "

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" We were delighted to have Nigel as a producer. The only problem is that Nigel is so famous that he seems to dominate most interviews without being there. "

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" If you want to be negative about the whole thing you can say all guitar bands after the Beatles were just a waste of time because the Beatles were the best. I think it's far better to give new records a try. "

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" I like that band Get Hustle. They're cool live. I haven't heard their records, though. "

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" If a voice is just too nice, without an edge, it kinda all flows by. You forget it. You don't listen to the lyrics. "

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" I hate being tan. "

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" We're probably a couple of freaks who've created their own little universe, are living in our own little world and that's the only place where we can survive. "

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" I guess the majority of people who want to ban certain musicians are the ones who are so proud of everything America stands for. "

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" What producers did was mostly recording in the studio, so it never changed our sound just that much. "

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" I'm not sure if you can blame everything on the American way of life, but the United States are big. So, if you have a lot of people there, the percentage of stupid people is bound to be higher. "

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" We always did our own mixing. "

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" I really do think everybody can sing. "

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" I don't even think my voice is really good. "

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" I wouldn't say that 'Wowee Zowee' was a success. We probably had a chance, had I focused a little more, to capitalize on the attention the band got for 'Crooked Rain.' "

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" I never decided to start singing, to be a singer. "

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" The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative. "

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" There's no point that an album should sound like a watered down version of another album. "

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" Well, yeah, I sang to some songs on the radio or in the shower. "

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" Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really sing, who speak their songs. "

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" I'm more into describing a scenario and I move around in that scenario. "

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