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We were a commodity used by corporations to make their brand look fashionable, but then they used us to keep kids out of venues.
I guess I do feel the need to repent. I do feel like I owe the world a great album. I don't know why I feel that way. I just do.
I think it was Columbia politics, Columbia Records politics that, that, Tom Wilson left [Bob Dylan] after "Like A Rolling Stone".
What's interesting about songs where the writer is genuinely in love with words is that it's easy to read the lyrics like a poem.
I really like when the lyrics in the music have an interesting relationship between one another - where they contrast each other.
I'm lucky that I've been able to do things in my career that is affording us the luxury of not having to travel in a van to tour.
I'm pretty much done with political commentary. I've said everything I could possibly say. I've been a big mouth for long enough.
I hear music Mighty fine music, The murmur of a morning breeze up there The rattle of the milkman on the stair Sure that's music.
Internet is radio for a lot of people. It's a place to get music and hear music, and no amount of clamping down will change that.
Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this dark quality.
There's a lot of stuff in the club that's like, it's cool there because you're drinking and all you wanna do is do ignorant sh*t.
Some people put down all presidents. If you say anything good about any of them, they think you're supporting everything they do.
I believe in magical things happening and spiritual goings on. Sometimes the most mundane things can surprise you and be magical.
Makeup is my world, and I know that a little things . . . the right technique, colour or brush . . . can make all the difference.
There's been a lot of Catholic parody - 'Nunsense,' 'Sister Mary Ignatius' - I think they've almost been done to death, actually.
I like the idea that a song can be something that you can lean on, both for the songwriter and for the person who hears the song.
White people need to wake up and tell the truth about US history and the inequality and the ways in which racism is so entrenched.
I've never really had the desire to be a front person or a solo artist. I don't really create that much of a hierarchy in my mind.
Cease, rude Boreas, blustering railer! List, ye landsmen all, to me; Messmates, hear a brother sailor Sing the dangers of the sea.
If you’re a Kanye West fan, you’re not a fan of me, you’re a fan of yourself. You will believe in yourself. I’m just the espresso.
I don't look at a knife the way I used to. I'm more aware of what it is. I think twice. This is a key finger. It's in every chord.
I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive.
There is in fact a controversy over Darwin's theory. Clearly both theories have religious implications. But this is not about God.
The National's favorite experiences as musicians are when we are collaborating with people a little outside of our world as a band.
I guess I've gotten older and more sentimental, and I've realized that the love song is just the modern equivalent of a devotional.
I think women are taught in the music industry that once you're 35, you've expired, and I'm here to prove that factually incorrect.
'Fade To Black' - just this amazing construct: a song that defied the definition of what Metallica was perceived to be at the time.
I was a big troublemaker in the group. I put them through a lot of pain, but as much as I gave to them, they gave right back to me.
Our imagination it is our greatest ally . . . Imagination is a very, very powerful thing. It literally invents the path before you.
I've discovered that sheer quantity doesn't necessarily make for a heavier sound; if anything, overdubs make guitars sound mushier.
As I get older, I get smaller. I see other parts of the world I didn't see before. Other points of view. I see outside myself more.
I didn't really know what I was doing when I started. I just started writing songs. After two songs I just continued to explore it.
I don't see how a person can be sensuous - unless they're just, you know, following some kind of script - without being vulnerable.
Love is not a compromise. It's something like the rising of the sun,although you've seen it a thousand times, you can't explain it.
It took me some time to join the various streams of making music that was technically good and making music that made me feel good.
When I work with other artists, I really want to bring out the most in their voices and I want to hold myself to the same standard.
I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.
[On Bonnie Prince Charlie:] Oh, Charlie is my darling, / My darling, my darling; / Oh, Charlie is my darling, / The young Chevalier.
Music and art are two very different activities for me. However, the use of imagery links them, and invention is important for both.
If you don't mark your successes, the day your ship comes in could be just another day at the office, and there's no poetry in that.
People often ask if I have a favorite song that I've written. And the answer is yes, but it depends on the day and what mood I'm in.
Our focus needs to be less on what our legacy's going to be or how we can control each other and more how we can give to each other.
I was pretty lucky to get into Berklee at all. I never really had any theory or music-reading capabilities; I was completely by ear.
There were some things Reagan liked that I liked. The main component was that people have to talk to each other and help themselves.
I never knew a man could tell so many lies, he had a different story for every set of eyes. How can he remember who he's talking to?
Whenever someone wants to say something to a whole mass of people by breaking into song, there's probably something wrong with them.
One of the negative sides of a really intense arc as a touring band is there are big gaps in your memory because you're so exhausted.
If I'm not working on music, I'm probably torturing my infant daughter, Ingrid, with kisses or running or playing soccer in the park.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are forced to play in something called the 'Quicken Loans Arena.' This is a terrible name for a sports venue.
With Fountains of Wayne, after 'Stacy's Mom' happened, we started making a little bit more money and getting a little bit more known.