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“I really had a great time working with 'Modest Mouse,' just because of the people. I loved writing songs with Isaac Brock, and Jeremiah Green is probably my favorite musician that I've worked with.”

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If people can finally recognize you on radio without being told who it is, that's what you aim for.

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If people can finally recognize you on radio without being told who it is, thats what you aim for.

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I played guitar from the age of four or five. Every year there would be a slightly larger triangular box under the Christmas tree,…

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I think one of the things about being around for a while and getting to know yourself is that when you do have these…

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Occasionally, a great band would come along, like Blondie or OutKast who could be pop and bring interesting ideas into the mainstream at the…

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I met my manager when I was 17, when I didn't have enough money to buy a set of guitar strings. There are not…

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Guitars have been the obsession of my life. I first picked one up at the age of four and Ive been a guitar junkie…

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Coming from a working-class background, where my father did manual labor, was a good grounding; I was obsessed with getting a job or getting…

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The biggest musical influence on me was my mum. We were both enraptured by music.

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I don't really care what music's made on - I love guitars, but I'm fine with great electronic music.

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I didn't form a group to perform Cilla Black songs.

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In the earlier part of the 90s, I was really hell-bent on discovering how new technology works and how to make records entirely without…

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