People like a story that has a lot of blood, sweat and tears. But I don't think the Slint story really has that.

- David Pajo

When I was younger and bands were formed that way, out of friendships rather than anything else. It wasn't like we put up want ads.

- David Pajo

There are five of us. We've all played in various bands together, in different combinations. I know that Todd [Cook] and Tony [Bailey] are my favorit…

- David Pajo

You can go to any small town in America, there's going to be a metal fan there. You can't say that about post-rock.

- David Pajo

In my entire life I never set out to do anything ground-breaking or pioneering, and I'm not going to start anytime soon.

- David Pajo

We aren't trying to make poetry or anything beautiful. It's just a rock show. We just want to enjoy playing loud. That's just about it.

- David Pajo

There are so many things that kept forcing metal back down to the underground. It survives everywhere on the planet.

- David Pajo

Now since I've gotten back into it, I've been listening to a lot more of the 1990s death metal type stuff.

- David Pajo

I'm still in the Midwest, but I'm in Columbus, Ohio, so I'm three and a half hours away from everybody. That's one of the reasons we're not as active…

- David Pajo