Song Quotes by John Flansburgh

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

It's hard to tell a shallow person that they should care more about the feelings of the awkward and the alienated.

— John Flansburgh

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Look, up in the sky! It's the sky!

— John Flansburgh

A lot of times I'll post things on Facebook, and the immediate response will be like, "Stick to the music!"

— John Flansburgh

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

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