I have a vision in my hand that the labels have these vaults, like Scrooge McDuck, except instead of gold coins they have these demo CDs, and sometim….

People should quit their jobs, move to Oklahoma, move in with 34 people, pay $100 a month in rent and start a band or start painting. That way you'll….

Can you imagine in 1968 some band being like, "Vietnam is the place to be!".

I've always thought, "I could probably write one of these country songs and send them to these places and make up this fake country band. Wouldn't it….

In the process of making the record, I was just so bored all the time working whatever stupid job. I felt like a stagnant pond that has algae and mil….

It's hard to convince people when you haven't done anything that the things you're working on are worthy of spending their time and money on: like, "….

I'm 24, and a lot of people my age grew up listening to bands that were big and making it from around here. I was going to Flaming Lips and Chainsaw ….

The siren song of redistribution of wealth by centralized government never ceases for those who seek irreversible and unusurpable control over the li….

Had I lived in Norman and those bands hadn't existed, who knows where I'd be, I might be doing something awful; I might be a doctor, or a physicist o….

I've never been one like, "Oh, these are my songs" - that was done out of necessity, because there was no one to help. I have 90 percent of it writte….

We're not clever enough to picture something and say, "Our music is going to be Jackson Pollock meets Oprah Winfrey" and then go about achieving that….

It's impossible to escape from religion anywhere you are in the States..

I can't remember who it was - maybe Brian Eno - but some important musician guy said he recorded ambient noise from a city street and after he listen….