“You were like a cloud, you were just like a flower, then you were a lime, now our love is sour.” — Paul Banks Love Copy Share Image
In an artistic and spiritual sense I'm really not that concerned about what happens after the album is done. — Paul Banks Album Copy Share Image
The idea of starting a band because of Nirvana and thereby trying to sound like Nirvana is totally not the case. — Paul Banks Band Copy Share Image
If time is my vessel, then learning to love might be my way back to sea — Paul Banks Ifs Copy Share Image
Everyone is broken-hearted except for the drastically unimaginative — Paul Banks Broken Copy Share Image
...It's an unmeetable level of writing. But even if it's something I feel like I can't ever attain, it doesn't crush my… — Paul Banks Crush Copy Share Image
If you're an artist, you do what you do, and in a way, you don't even control the core essence of what… — Paul Banks Art Copy Share Image
Sometimes you learn about the personality of your favorite artist, and you like their art a little less, because it doesn't jibe… — Paul Banks Art Copy Share Image
I perceive everything to be constantly subjective and strange. My version of truth in what I express, it feels like that opaque… — Paul Banks Feels Copy Share Image
My influences are vast and varied. I was into classic rock at the same time that I was into hip-hop. It was… — Paul Banks Classic Copy Share Image
That's for non-musicians to say: "I only listen to this or that type of music." I think musicians love all music, or… — Paul Banks Cases Copy Share Image
It's not like changing one word with my lyrics is going to make them more intelligible or relatable. I was always very… — Paul Banks Cheeks Copy Share Image
When I say I had a cosmic confidence that we were capable of writing good music, I'm speaking about that time when… — Paul Banks Belittle Copy Share Image
I didn't come in and say: "I'm a singer." I came into the band as a second guitar player and a vocalist,… — Paul Banks Band Copy Share Image
I don't really get a lot of clarity in my everyday life and my interactions with people. Most things that happen to… — Paul Banks Clarity Copy Share Image
Jeffrey Lewis sings as though absurdity were truth, and truth absurdity. And I think I agree with him. — Paul Banks Absurdity Copy Share Image
You can't just imitate and keep coming up with ideas. You have to be tapping into something that's pure and unconscious in… — Paul Banks Careers Copy Share Image
I got the chess bug when I was finishing high school, we were doing chess tournaments at my house. I never got… — Paul Banks Bugs Copy Share Image
Basically, every band that makes it has some dude with some sense of business. I don't know if our band would've been… — Paul Banks Band Copy Share Image
I had this perverse gravitation towards using a terrible cliché sandwiched in between absurd non-clichés because I thought it gave the cliché… — Paul Banks Absurd Copy Share Image
If you're playing a one-minute game, I could squeeze in five to six games before anybody walked by my cubicle. So I… — Paul Banks Blitz Copy Share Image
I would have issues with directions songs were taking, but I never heard one of Carlos' [Dangler] basslines and said, "I don't… — Paul Banks Able Copy Share Image
![“When I say I had a cosmic confidence that we were capable of writing good music, I'm speaking about that time when we met Sam [Fogarino]. Greg [ex-drummer] is actually a really great drummer and a great guy. I never want to sound like I am belittling his contributions in the early days, but when…” quote by Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9d5/paul-banks-25147_belittle_when-i-say-i-had-a-cosmic-confidence-tha_1543834.jpg)
![“Basically, every band that makes it has some dude with some sense of business. I don't know if our band would've been so successful were it not for Daniel's [Kessler] insight into how things really work. Daniel was the one who was diligently saying, "We should make a demo, send it out, play shows…” quote by Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3f5/paul-banks-25147_band_basically-every-band-that-makes-it-has-s_2052917.jpg)
![“I would have issues with directions songs were taking, but I never heard one of Carlos' [Dangler] basslines and said, "I don't like that, do something else." The same goes for the beat and the guitars. I think that's why we were able to make four albums together.” quote by Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c44/paul-banks-25147_able_i-would-have-issues-with-directions-song_2531997.jpg)