We've been a band longer than most of the people reading this have been alive. — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
Every declarative statement that comes out of an interview with somebody is actually in response to a question. It's like this very… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
The simplest app on your smartphone requires 40 peoples' purest imagination. The challenges with people on environment, we just have to open… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
That really sums up the strange bluntness that a really prime German interview can have. They're really interested in your cultural velocity… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
I guess the revival of vinyl records is not helping the environmental problem. Although, in some ways, people don't throw records away… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
There have been times I wanted to cry on interview, but it hasn't been because that's what they're trying to conjure. No.… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
I think that the most effective social protest that any artist can do would be things that come naturally and feel obvious.… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
I don't think bands should feel compelled to speak out unless they actually have something to say. I think that's a big… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
If you're looking at the array of performers, there's just a lot of people that it's about getting closer to them. That's… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
We're affable guys in They Might Be Giants. We're not gonna do the periscope-down thing, but it's a little bit mind-bending. The… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
I read The Onion, and I've read a lot of interviews that are very direct, often with people who are never direct.… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
Being in a band, a lot of times people think of what you're doing in terms of a competition. They talk about… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
Sometimes people will ask a real "Why are you beating your wife?" question where there's some assumption built into it, and all… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
So we've done science songs. We've done historical songs. A lot of people would like us to do more historical songs. Our… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
I feel like the future is unwritten. So many of the things that we write now haven't been about educating people on… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
I feel like the future is unwritten. So many of the things that we write now haven't been about educating people on the environment,… — John Flansburgh Copy Share
It's hard to tell a shallow person that they should care more about the feelings of the awkward and the alienated. — John Flansburgh Copy Share
Every declarative statement that comes out of an interview with somebody is actually in response to a question. It's like this very real interpersonal… — John Flansburgh Copy Share
There have been times I wanted to cry on interview, but it hasn't been because that's what they're trying to conjure. No. I think… — John Flansburgh Copy Share
I feel like musicians have such a precarious place in the political discourse, because musicians are, sort of just by nature, people-pleasers. — John Flansburgh Copy Share
I think the biggest wrestling match-up I have is how to respond to the word "quirky." Or the alternate, "nerdy." Both are essentially benign… — John Flansburgh Copy Share
The simplest app on your smartphone requires 40 peoples' purest imagination. The challenges with people on environment, we just have to open some of… — John Flansburgh Copy Share
Sometimes you have to wonder if there isn't an ejector seat built into having a popular-music career. We were lucky when we started. We… — John Flansburgh Copy Share
Sometimes people will ask a real "Why are you beating your wife?" question where there's some assumption built into it, and all you're trying… — John Flansburgh Copy Share
Bill O'Reilly knew he could just filibuster and enjoy all the airtime that a full interview would give him, and then also grab the… — John Flansburgh Copy Share
I don't think bands should feel compelled to speak out unless they actually have something to say. I think that's a big mistake, where… — John Flansburgh Copy Share
A lot of times I'll post things on Facebook, and the immediate response will be like, "Stick to the music!" — John Flansburgh Copy Share
In an interview John [Linnell] said, 'At a certain point you just get tired of the way the other person breathes,' and I took… — John Flansburgh Copy Share
There is a fact-based belief system available to you if you want to believe in facts. But this is the weirdest time. I mean,… — John Flansburgh Copy Share
