The Midwest breeds funny, eccentric people, to varying degrees. You play shows not because you're expecting to get a record deal, but to do something fun outside of mowing lawns. Everything else is just gravy... Or mustard. — Patrick Carney Copy Share Image
I'd literally rather hang out at the T.G.I. Friday's in New Jersey than tool around at a place that sells $40 cheeseburgers. — Patrick Carney Copy Share
In theory, when you're working with a record label, you're just borrowing their money. And that's basically how the record industry works, right? It's… — Patrick Carney Copy Share
The owner of Spotify is worth something like 3 billion dollars ... he's richer than Paul McCartney and he's 30 and he's never written a song. — Patrick Carney Copy Share
[Justin Bieber]'s rich, right? Grammys are for music and not money. He's making a lot of money. He should be happy with that. — Patrick Carney Copy Share
Rock n' roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world. — Patrick Carney Copy Share
I buy five of the same shirts. I literally have six blue shirts. Now I have six green shirts. — Patrick Carney Copy Share
One day you look out and the audience consists of 65,000 people. It's like looking in the mirror and one day you realise you've… — Patrick Carney Copy Share
I had this fascination with four-track recorders when I was in high school. — Patrick Carney Copy Share
Well, you know what? The same people that get driven crazy by hip hop are the same people that probably listen to the type… — Patrick Carney Copy Share
There is so much good music in the U.S. and there is just a small section that gets recognised at the Grammys. — Patrick Carney Copy Share
And once the music is out there, when you're selling a record and selling music and people are going to do whatever they want… — Patrick Carney Copy Share
I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. — Patrick Carney Copy Share
As soon as you start mixing up politics and some sort of ethical code in music, you've got it all wrong. — Patrick Carney Copy Share
I wasn't raised super-poor, but my parents got divorced, and my mother didn't have much money. Even now if I have a cake, I'll… — Patrick Carney Copy Share
A lot of people see a Nissan ad and they see a finished product in a record store or on iTunes and that's the… — Patrick Carney Copy Share
