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> [The whole idea of civilization as an understandable narrative is a bit nuts. It's the most problematic of delusions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carey-mercer/the-whole-idea-of-civilization-as-an-understandable-narrative-is-a/)

[Carey Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carey-mercer/)

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## More by Carey Mercer

> [An acceptance of your cultural inheritance, and at the same time a dislike of it, is a building block of good art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carey-mercer/an-acceptance-of-your-cultural-inheritance-and-at-the-same-time-a/)

[Carey Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carey-mercer/)

> [The whole idea of civilization as an understandable narrative is a bit nuts. It's the most problematic of delusions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carey-mercer/the-whole-idea-of-civilization-as-an-understandable-narrative-is-a/)

[Carey Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carey-mercer/)

> [You don't expect people to go, "music has just been reinvented!" But the hope is that people won't say, "this is the most boring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carey-mercer/you-don-t-expect-people-to-go-music-has-just-been-reinvented-but-the/)

[Carey Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carey-mercer/)

> [It's like, symbolic language, the way that people approach dense poetry... it always bugs me, because that approach suggests that it's like a mystery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carey-mercer/it-s-like-symbolic-language-the-way-that-people-approach-dense-poetry/)

[Carey Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carey-mercer/)

> [It's pretty awesome to be in a band with your wife! The tour, it beats you down, and we can just share that, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carey-mercer/it-s-pretty-awesome-to-be-in-a-band-with-your-wife-the-tour-it-beats/)

[Carey Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carey-mercer/)

> [Live is best. You have movement, and I think we should do as much as we can to put that sense of movement in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carey-mercer/live-is-best-you-have-movement-and-i-think-we-should-do-as-much-as-we/)

[Carey Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carey-mercer/)

> [We're a live band. Some bands write their songs in the studio - we don't do that. We're playing songs on this tour that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carey-mercer/we-re-a-live-band-some-bands-write-their-songs-in-the-studio-we-don-t/)

[Carey Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carey-mercer/)

> [It's sort of cheesy to introduce that to the drums - those dings and dongs and bell sounds. That's definitely one of the reasons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carey-mercer/it-s-sort-of-cheesy-to-introduce-that-to-the-drums-those-dings-and/)

[Carey Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carey-mercer/)

> [I'm really happy that people are starting to hear my band, and we are so happy to be conduits for all this other happiness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carey-mercer/i-m-really-happy-that-people-are-starting-to-hear-my-band-and-we-are/)

[Carey Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carey-mercer/)

> [Bruegel has these paintings of people just... interacting with each other. And there's this special wink - it's not a celebration of nature, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carey-mercer/bruegel-has-these-paintings-of-people-just-interacting-with-each/)

[Carey Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carey-mercer/)

> [We hate our heroes, you know. That's one of the great things about this whole deconstruction thing - there's no more heroes. It's always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carey-mercer/we-hate-our-heroes-you-know-that-s-one-of-the-great-things-about-this/)

[Carey Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carey-mercer/)

> [One thing I've always been proud of is that vicious dichotomy between the pretty controlled, angular playing of the band, and my - I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carey-mercer/one-thing-i-ve-always-been-proud-of-is-that-vicious-dichotomy-between/)

[Carey Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carey-mercer/)

> [Ten people who are into our music is better than three hundred people who are just standing there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carey-mercer/ten-people-who-are-into-our-music-is-better-than-three-hundred-people/)

[Carey Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carey-mercer/)

> [People are intended to resist symbolic interpretation, as well. At times, they break through - there are little hints of 'this song is about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carey-mercer/people-are-intended-to-resist-symbolic-interpretation-as-well-at/)

[Carey Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carey-mercer/)

> [I find listening to music in terms of influences, and trying to keep up with what's going on, is sickening! I mean, I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carey-mercer/i-find-listening-to-music-in-terms-of-influences-and-trying-to-keep/)

[Carey Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carey-mercer/)

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