I do like talking with friends about big concepts, you know, the stuff that will ruin a party. To me, the party… — James Mercer Bigs Copy Share Image
Horrible dates are when you're with people who are immature and can't really be comfortable in their own skin. — James Mercer Comfortable Copy Share Image
I'm real happy. I've been lucky in love, and I've got a wonderful kid now, and things have been going well. — James Mercer Been Copy Share Image
The fact that I'm often pushing my voice as hard as I can is from playing in nightclubs in Albuquerque where you… — James Mercer Fact Copy Share Image
I really [enjoy] working with new people and just sort of the freshness of it. ... I [want] to have those new… — James Mercer Communication Copy Share Image
Meeting Perry Farrel was kind of cool. He's such an icon, and I was such a fan of Jane's Addiction. — James Mercer Addiction Copy Share Image
My dad and I get into it all the time. He loves to discuss politics much more than I do and we… — James Mercer Communication Copy Share Image
For the longest time, I didn't even want to admit I was serious about music. Before the Shins, I would tell myself,… — James Mercer About Copy Share Image
I tend to write a pretty half and half split of, like, slow, morose things and then sort of more upbeat stuff. — James Mercer Half Copy Share Image
If you're 14 and you're skinny, you can't be on the football team, basically. It's just not even really possible. But skating… — James Mercer Athletic Copy Share Image
I think that what's funny is that I seem to be taking up the roles that I remember my dad having -… — James Mercer Coffee Copy Share Image
One thing that I've struggled with has been a certain amount of animosity toward the whole human race. — James Mercer Amount Copy Share Image
For some reason, it seems like pop writers, it's like they just get worse or something over time. And then you're really… — James Mercer Careers Copy Share Image
I think that was going on with bands like The Strokes was that the idea of the band, a real band, was… — James Mercer Awful Copy Share Image
The part of modern pop music I don't know much about is hip hop. — James Mercer About Copy Share Image
There is pressure that comes with everything being a big deal. I remember thinking, 'I need to survive the Shins. I don't… — James Mercer Being Copy Share Image
The Shins is, in a way, a recording project that turned into a live band. So I don't really keep myself beholden… — James Mercer Any Copy Share Image
The love you have for your kids is so overwhelmingly powerful that it alters your perspective. The dark things going on in… — James Mercer Become Copy Share Image
Life is sad. People, you know, are going to pass, and you know that you will one day. — James Mercer Day Copy Share Image
I kissed my first girl when I was 15, and then I lost my virginity when I was 17. So that's pretty… — James Mercer Ball player Copy Share Image
I've never been one to think it was cheating to sample this or to loop the drum part there - I've always… — James Mercer Always Copy Share Image
Collaboration is something I missed at one point in The Shins. I really wanted to have that experience again, you know, not… — James Mercer Again Copy Share Image
When I started The Shins, it really was just me, alone, but it was still The Shins. I was totally recording stuff… — James Mercer Alone Copy Share Image
Until having kids, I had never really thought about mortality so much. — James Mercer About Copy Share Image
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