Andrew VanWyngarden

The main reason we didn't break up is because we weren't really a college band. We were just, two dudes who were…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

We like the idea of being a little divisive without making it into some kind of philosophical musical approach, and maybe we…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

Usually when I write lyrics I try to read a lot and listen to a lot of other stuff. Some of my…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

I think that love is just as important and prevalent and real as it ever was.

— Andrew VanWyngarden

I'm proud of the lyrics because I take a lot of care in writing them. I try to make it so people…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

I love movies and I think that we wouldn't ever stop making videos just because people aren't watching them. I think that's…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

FACT!: I wanna live in a castle.

— Andrew VanWyngarden

I don't think it's necessary to worry too much about being authentic. I think a picture taken on an iPhone and then…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

Even big-bird gets sad sometimes

— Andrew VanWyngarden

When we were doing noisier shows, they were fun, but we were trying to be really obnoxious and it wasn't like we…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

I think that especially in the U.S. there's this kind of sensationalizing of news - and making it almost like CNN and…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

In general, the musicians we met that made the most sense just said to do what feels right and try not worry…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

Live we're a lot louder and noisier on the album. I think for the album we took a lot of time for…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

I have the same birthday as George Washington. No I don't. I don't even know who George Washington is.

— Andrew VanWyngarden

We think about strategies in pop songs to make people listen to them and be like, "What the hell was that?" But…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

It's not like we wanted to get really political in terms of specific causes, but I think a lot of the lyrics…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

I was nervous during Radiohead, we thought that they would hate us. I think when we played in LA, one of the…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

We like being ridiculous and I think that's lost on a lot of people, or they think we're coming from this super…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

We thought of ourselves as musical terrorists at shows - were weren't biting heads off bats, but we wanted to annoy and…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

There was this large group of people that we were talking about on the first album - "The Youth" - but we…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

“I would like, stare at my salad, and that was like really the first time I ever really had like flashes of…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

I have a bad habit of picking up books about drugs, but that's better than having a drug habit, I think.

— Andrew VanWyngarden

We're really into combining lots of different styles into one song: that's normal for us. It might seem arbitrary but we listen…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

I don't think it is too good especially with music to worry about authenticity, it can get in the way of doing…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

If you're conscious you must be depressed, or at least cynical.

— Andrew VanWyngarden