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…

— 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…

— 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.…

— 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…

— John Flansburgh

The simplest app on your smartphone requires 40 peoples' purest imagination. The challenges with people on environment, we just have to open…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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.…

— John Flansburgh

If you're looking at the array of performers, there's just a lot of people that it's about getting closer to them. That's…

— John Flansburgh

If you do believe in science, you really have to actually stand up and make a stand for it. You can't just…

— John Flansburgh

Have you heard Alanis Morisette trying to play the harmonica? She doesn't know how to play the harmonica. Well guess what, Alanis,…

— John Flansburgh

It's always interesting to me when one platform of media crosses into another. We've been on the Terry Gross show Fresh Air…

— John Flansburgh

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

All rock music is fake news.

— John Flansburgh

This happened years and years ago, right as our videos were first being played on MTV. The interviewer said, "You guys are…

— John Flansburgh

I guess the revival of vinyl records is not helping the environmental problem. Although, in some ways, people don't throw records away…

— John Flansburgh

So we've done science songs. We've done historical songs. A lot of people would like us to do more historical songs. Our…

— John Flansburgh

You have to define how much of a cultural politician you are as a performer. There are times where I just want…

— John Flansburgh