You can’t be a non-conformist if you don’t wear the proper uniform.
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 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 moved to Portland because Modest Mouse is there. I didn't necessarily mean to live there permanently, but I've got a really good feeling for it. The sensibility there really suits me. I happened to have grown up in Manchester, a city that was a pretty cool place to be a musician. It's close to Portland in a lot of ways.
In the earlier part of the 90s, I was really hell-bent on discovering how new technology works and how to make records entirely without a producer, which isn't necessarily what fans wanted. But I had to do it because I felt it was in my destiny or whatever.
I think some musicians can almost forget that the stage is something to do something on, even if that thing is standing still.
Growing up in public is a test, and not many people know how to do it.
I would not want to put him in charge of snake control in Ireland.
I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.
I love Superman. I'm a big fan of anyone who can make his living in his underwear.
I doubt that the Lord cares much which honorable vocation you choose. But He does care if you love one another and serve one another.