We definitely classify things in order to get closer to what we believe in - so it serves a purpose to really think about one style of music, and to ….

You want to think about certain styles of music as being reflective of a certain culture or a certain time or a point of view. You don't want it to b….

I'm looking forward to doing things more intuitively in the future, just going with whatever happens and not immediately categorizing it as potential….

I like having the vinyl, but it's not like we're going to sell an umbrella or something. I don't like the idea of selling something that's not music ….

As far as the music being inspired by Seattle, I think it's in some of the songs. Seattle is a really beautiful place in the right light, it's perche….

I write all the time but often abandon things I don't think will go anywhere. It's rare that I'll labor over writing something that doesn't feel like….

I've been listening to a lot of John Coltrane. I don't know if that would or wouldn't surprise anybody. I go through different phases - sometimes I w….

The lyrics to me are a result of the emotional and creative climate present while making the record as well as personally going through a sort of mid….

The touring thing is such a huge time commitment. I'm really feeling like I want to start writing and recording music again. But I have to leave for ….

We're covering all our bases so we can do whatever we want next time. That's how we're looking at it, rather than this just being an endless number o….

I don't really hang out with anyone. I'll hang out with my band ... but I don't have any friends aside from that..

Speaking for myself I have influenced with lots of John Coltrane, Van Morrison, Joanna Newsom, Mississippi Records compilations, Simon & Garfunkel, D….

Sometimes I do get writer's block but it's more of a writer's doubt - I'll try and write but nothing goes anywhere because I start thinking everythin….

At the end of the day, for people in this position, you just need to make something that feels like you're expressing yourself honestly, something th….

I think that's becoming more and more of a priority, letting other aspects of life take precedent over making music, or just approaching the whole th….

Our day-to-day lives recording and touring aren't that different from those of Metallica, even though the perceived worldview is totally different. S….

I was raised up believing I was somehow unique..

Fleet Foxes will never, ever, under no circumstances, from now until the world chokes on gas fumes, sign to a major label. This includes all subsidia….

Our vocal harmonies started to feel like a cop-out: all group-singing, all the time..

I've thought about doing a subscription service, where people pre-pay and then we send them 12"s as they're finished, with one song on each side. Tha….

A label is like a bank with all these really important relationships, and maybe an aesthetic or a point of view. But if you only want to release two ….