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.… — 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… — 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… — 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… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
When we're on tour, probably we don't go 24 hours without someone asking us where we came up with the name They… — 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
I read The Onion, and I've read a lot of interviews that are very direct, often with people who are never direct.… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
The main thing that we're doing is thinking we can control anything, which is the biggest false assumption we can make. I… — 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 don't lose a lot of sleep worrying about aliens, but I think it seems possible that there's life forms beyond our… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
Being in a band, a lot of times people think of what you're doing in terms of a competition. They talk about… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
You're like, "I don't want to argue with Dr. Drew on national radio." You're like the invited guest. But at the same… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
I think that the most effective social protest that any artist can do would be things that come naturally and feel obvious.… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
It sucks to think about, honestly, but when you really consider the resources that it takes to press vinyl records, or the… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
That really sums up the strange bluntness that a really prime German interview can have. They're really interested in your cultural velocity… — 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
