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• Melodies can be good depending on the context. You can have a simple melody, and if the harmony behind it is interesting,…
• We don't think of ourselves as being perfectionists, really. To us it's more about desperately trying to have it sound more or…
• I tried to grow up. Honest. Didn’t quite happen. I guess I’m someone for whom youth still seems more real than the…
• I have a critical nature, in the sense that when I look at something I often look for the flaws.
• I like it when songs develop in some way. Four minutes usually isn't enough time for something to develop musically.
• People are usually afraid to say what's on their mind.
• What do you do with what you're given, and how do you transform it into something worthwhile?
• My writing is really intuitive. As a kid, I went to school in New Jersey and hung out in New York, so…
• I've never been comfortable as a lead performer, and I never wanted to be a singer, particularly.
• Anthemic rock music is inherently fascist - anything intended to move huge masses of people is politically offensive to me.
• My style is a little quirky. I can't play as fast as most professional jazz players.
• I took some lessons as a kid but trained myself by ear. I did it the way jazz musicians used to learn…

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