We want to be original. To express our most interesting stuff. But you don't see the word "original" come up very often to describe big bands. Our job isn't to pigeonhole ourselves or describe where we fit in. Our goal… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A lot of times I'll post things on Facebook, and the immediate response will be like, "Stick to the music!" — John Flansburgh Copy Share
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 Copy Share
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 Copy Share
