I'm not really satisfied with anything I have written to date.

- Mike Gordon

It does make sense to put on some songs that are relatively short, because radio usually only plays songs that are less than 4 or 5 minutes.

- Mike Gordon

A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist.

- Mike Gordon

It's really important for the bass and the drums to somehow blend.

- Mike Gordon

Last tour my bass rig was breaking down every other night. That was a pain. We would get on stage and Trey would count off the song, and I'd play the…

- Mike Gordon

Right after I graduated, my girlfriend, who I had been going out with for five years, dumped me, and my grandmother died.

- Mike Gordon

The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player.

- Mike Gordon

I built all the speaker cabinets myself.

- Mike Gordon

I guess there are two things that make me like songs generally, of ours, and that is if they groove well, or if they have a jam that can go somewhere.

- Mike Gordon