Quote #16

We were taking our inspiration from the high and the low; the biggest ideas, and the dumbest ideas.

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  1. We do give straight answers, but nobody believes them.
  2. Being in a band is really great when you're 20. When you're 30, it's kind of 'Spinal Tap,' and when you're 40, it's just pathetic.
  3. (On performing) We do this because we have to. Do we look like we're having fun?
  4. We've been called a 'no-hit wonder.' We don't care.
  5. We're sucking the gooey cellulite from modern music. Reductive synthesis. We do it all for you.
  6. We denounce this as impostors playing with fire.
  7. People accuse us of trying to be glamorous! We don't wear these because we like them. We have to! They're protective gear.
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