Usually when I write lyrics I try to read a lot and listen to a lot of other stuff. Some of my… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share Image
It's not like we wanted to get really political in terms of specific causes, but I think a lot of the lyrics… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share Image
I don't think it is too good especially with music to worry about authenticity, it can get in the way of doing… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share Image
I'm proud of the lyrics because I take a lot of care in writing them. I try to make it so people… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share Image
We like the idea of being a little divisive without making it into some kind of philosophical musical approach, and maybe we… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share Image
We're really into combining lots of different styles into one song: that's normal for us. It might seem arbitrary but we listen… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share Image
Live we're a lot louder and noisier on the album. I think for the album we took a lot of time for… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share Image
We thought of ourselves as musical terrorists at shows - were weren't biting heads off bats, but we wanted to annoy and… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share Image
When we were doing noisier shows, they were fun, but we were trying to be really obnoxious and it wasn't like we… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share Image
The main reason we didn't break up is because we weren't really a college band. We were just, two dudes who were… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share Image
We were thinking about how other people deal with this career on every song. We got to meet people like Thom Yorke… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share Image
There was this large group of people that we were talking about on the first album - "The Youth" - but we… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share Image
We think about strategies in pop songs to make people listen to them and be like, "What the hell was that?" But… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share Image
Maybe we're just stupid and don't realize you can't make music that sounds like a chase scene from a 'Scooby Doo' cartoon… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share Image
The main reason we didn't break up is because we weren't really a college band. We were just, two dudes who were messing around… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share
We like the idea of being a little divisive without making it into some kind of philosophical musical approach, and maybe we can convert… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share
Usually when I write lyrics I try to read a lot and listen to a lot of other stuff. Some of my favourite lyricists… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share
I think that love is just as important and prevalent and real as it ever was. — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share
I'm proud of the lyrics because I take a lot of care in writing them. I try to make it so people will want… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share
I love movies and I think that we wouldn't ever stop making videos just because people aren't watching them. I think that's just kinda… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share
I don't think it's necessary to worry too much about being authentic. I think a picture taken on an iPhone and then filtered through… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share
When we were doing noisier shows, they were fun, but we were trying to be really obnoxious and it wasn't like we were trying… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share
I think that especially in the U.S. there's this kind of sensationalizing of news - and making it almost like CNN and stuff are… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share
In general, the musicians we met that made the most sense just said to do what feels right and try not worry about what… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share
Live we're a lot louder and noisier on the album. I think for the album we took a lot of time for the songwriting… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share
I have the same birthday as George Washington. No I don't. I don't even know who George Washington is. — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share
We think about strategies in pop songs to make people listen to them and be like, "What the hell was that?" But then they… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share
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