I don't remember half of the new bands, though - and I think that's kind of where we're going. It's turning into just a big derby of songs. May the b….

I think everybody should just turn off their TV machines and make up their own songs about whatever comes to mind-their couch, their friends their lo….

Most of my early records were not cohesive at all, just collections of demos recorded in different years. 'Odelay' was the first time I actually got ….

Sometimes things in life take a few years to digest, and they find their way into the work later on. Sometimes I'm writing about things from eight ye….

When I pull out vinyl - which isn't that often anymore - it's undeniable that I get a different feeling. There's a different physiology happening bet….

In Japan, you get on the bullet train or the airplane, and I loved the little speeches the stewardesses would do. They even do little speeches before….

I think I gave indications early on that mine wasn't just going to be a commercial, er, career. If that were the case, then the first record would ha….

There's 40 or 50 songs that nobody's heard that I've done in between albums. There's a whole evolution from Midnite Vultures to Sea Change that's nev….

It's so easy to criticize your own time, and I see that as a problem, even for myself, as a listener..

It's hard to make music knowing that it's not going to be received by the listener in the way that it should be..

There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable..

The limitations are limitless..

I think my whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche..

I'm always working on my own music, too. I've been working on a record for a few years..

Especially in music, you wonder, Okay, should I still be doing this? Like, are you overstaying your welcome at the party? But I don't know..

When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything..

I would love to do an electronic record. There's just so much to see and do and try. And life goes by..

Just out of curiosity, I wonder what makes music or culture or taste go in certain directions. Who knows what the forces are behind it..

With modern recording techniques, and living in the Pro Tools era, the process gets really drawn-out, and it can become painstaking..

I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve. I didn't take it all that seri….

Growing up, a film was an action film or it was a comedy or it was romantic, but you don't really see such stark lines between genres nowadays..