One of our very favorite shows of 2008 was our Slowtrain instore. We drove straight from San Francisco, pulled up to the back of the store, dragged o….

It's not like I'm narrating stories with music behind them. It's all kind of one thing. You hope you can provoke a specific emotional reaction, but i….

When I was writing some of songs for the record in Galapagos it was the feeling of being there I wanted to evoke more than anything. I remember heari….

I just like dealing with scientists for awhile and then going over and dealing with musicians for awhile. They both have qualities that kind of count….

The nice thing about being a band that nobody knows about is that you can do whatever you want, you know? Without catching hell for it. That's sort o….

I get more excited about like, "How nice is the piano?" or "How does the room sound?" I don't really see the gear so much anymore..

The nice thing about being a band that nobody knows about is that you can do whatever you want..

I still get stage fright every time. I also feel very, very sleepy about a minute before we go on. Like I feel like I'm going to fall asleep. I can't….

It may be a product of me being raised in episcopal church, but I have a love for ritual and theater and the significance of doing the exact same thi….

I certainly think there are things that impressed me as a child about the church. The smells and the sounds and the pagaentry of it remained with me.….

I don't feel [the] excitement you have when you first walk into a recording studio. It now feels like a tool..

The only problem with Shearwater as a name for a band is that people sort of think that it's this amalgamated word like Pushmonkey or something. Does….

Being like stranded without a label in the middle of tour was very strange. On the other hand it made us move instantly. I mean, I didn't wallow. I w….

I don't consider myself a very religious person in any..

When you make a record, you probably are not going to hit exactly what you were aiming for. You also have to let go at a certain point, and just trus….

It's a very different feeling just sitting around the side, playing piano, and dancing around as opposed to standing in front and singing..

The thing is that honestly we haven't had an audience. And we have a chance to have an audience now. Which is great because I think we've sort of evo….

When you make a record, you probably are not going to hit exactly what you were aiming for. You also have to let go at a certain point, and just trus….

I really want to try to protect as much as I can, to safeguard peoples' first experience with a record. Because I want you to get the whole thing as ….

I do like the old versions of our songs - there are good things in them, but I think that the good things that happen in the new ones kind of outweig….

You feel the camaraderie that you're all driving around in vans, you know, engaged in musical enterprise. It's pretty much the same for everybody exc….