I think that's a big part of how to stay together as long as possible: learning what to do when things go wrong. And it's particularly hard when you'…

- Ira Kaplan

Sometimes things that are comfortable are comfortable because it's what you're good at. When you start doing the things you're not as comfortable wit…

- Ira Kaplan

I remember being in college and taking a class on classical music and getting a big laugh when I said very sincerely that I was not really into train…

- Ira Kaplan

In the open air you don't play as many quiet songs as you would normally.

- Ira Kaplan

There's a lot of music that we've never heard before. It's not like we're just pulling out December's Children by The Rolling Stones and listening to…

- Ira Kaplan

We try to be open to letting anything change in the moment.

- Ira Kaplan

I don't think simple is an insult. Something that's really simple and great is probably harder to do than something more complex.

- Ira Kaplan

In terms of performance, something unexpected is always good, it's preferable if it's unexpectedly good. But unexpectedly bad has a lot to say for it…

- Ira Kaplan

It's one of the things that makes it enjoyable to keep playing; you have to approach each set differently and make some balance between what you want…

- Ira Kaplan