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I'm not interested in trying to have people who might like other kinds of music follow me. I don't want to please them.

I seem to attract and be attracted to very willful, fascinating people.

You can grow up without having to conform, stop going to shows, stop having a record collection, start being politically iffy.

I had a feeling about what I wanted to say, and I wasn't really qualified to discuss real things out of America because I didn't grow up there.

I didn't form a group to perform Cilla Black songs.

The biggest musical influence on me was my mum. We were both enraptured by music.

I don't really care what music's made on - I love guitars, but I'm fine with great electronic music.

Guitars have been the obsession of my life. I first picked one up at the age of four and I've been a guitar junkie ever since.

Earlier in my career, fans weren't a big consideration for me.

A day-time song like 'Word Starts Attack,' I want to make your heart blow up and make you want to punch the air with your fist. It can't be ponderous.

I've also been with the same girl, Angie, since I was 15.

If people can finally recognize you on radio without being told who it is, that's what you aim for.

Festivals are great because you get to just walk around the corner and see a new band that you've heard but not had the chance to check out.

I had to work and it never occurred to me not to. But then it's never really been about the money.

Growing up in public is a test, and not many people know how to do it.

Some cities are really boring and straight.

I explored rock culture and what the guitar can do though people like Jimmy Page and John McLaughlin, and the music moves away from pop.

I've almost never played the 'Smiths' records, once they've gone out. I was always like that and probably always will be.

Nick Zinner has been one of my favorite guitar players for a long time.

Joining Modest Mouse was just consistent with what I used to do as a teenager: I followed where I thought I would make some interesting music.