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It's cool to have instruments lying around because they give you different ideas.


If kids and teenagers can get into a band, it's probably not because they think it's brainy.


Just because I grew up a white guy in America doesn't mean that's the music of my life.


My dad has a really great record collection that basically went up to the year I was born: 1984.


Playing 'Tetris' for 15 minutes is like meditation.


Well, growing up in the '90s, my first true love was ska music.


It's pretty cool that people will pay for something even though they don't have to. It's totally different now to back in the day. Now you're paying for a record because you believe in the band. In the future that will be the only time people will pay for albums, because there's some kind of connection.


It's so easy for anyone to deal with their own guilt of being a middle-class white music fan by pointing to other people who they perceive to be richer than them, whiter than them.


I'm pretty sure that the Walkmen are the band that I've paid to see the most in my life.


I'm a huge fan of the Bay Area so I always love coming to San Francisco.


Musicals don't get enough credit for being so surreal. It's like an alternate universe.


No part of Manhattan these days really has the same vibe I get from a Ramones song or a Velvet Underground song.


There aren't that many people walking about who are a total class stereotype.


When Obama came to power, there was a lot of talk about a post-racial America.


I do think sometimes there's danger in guest appearance mania. I've seen too many examples that sound cool on paper, like 'Oh, get that guy to sing the hook on that guy's song,' and then that's all it is. It's a cool idea that sounds good on paper.


Sometimes you want to dress a certain way... that doesn't always reflect your pedigree.


I grew up listening to Jay-Z, and I think the first time I really became obsessed with learning and thinking about lyrics was when I started listening to rap; I was 11, 12, and started becoming aware of music beyond the familiar.


Growing up listening to rap music, you almost feel like you should have haters. That's an important part of being a successful musician. It's a good thing, I guess.


As an artist you have the luxury of maybe presenting an issue in a certain way, as opposed to actually solving it.


Making every record is a process full of tough times.