Sometimes you have to wonder if there isn't an ejector seat built into having a popular-music career. We were lucky when we… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
It's always interesting to me when one platform of media crosses into another. We've been on the Terry Gross show Fresh Air… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
This happened years and years ago, right as our videos were first being played on MTV. The interviewer said, "You guys are… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
Actually, on a slightly more serious but kind of parallel level, I remember being on Loveline before both hosts ascended into loftier… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
For instance, our music, They Might Be Giants, has this element of humor, which is probably the most uptight part of what… — 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
Between me and my wife, there's this joke where I'll be doing some fun interview, and I'll get off the phone and… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 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. I think… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 mistake, where… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
