I think the record-buying public know what they like, and when people are trying to pander to them, I think they know it. They want the genuine article, so if we try to sort of "dumb down" for the mass public, I think they're too smart for that, and would recognize us as fakes. It seems like the bands that do crossover do so really on their own terms, and they just find that their terms just kind of make a big dove-tail with the masses.
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
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
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
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…
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
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…
In the open air you don't play as many quiet songs as you would normally. - Ira Kaplan
In the open air you don't play as many quiet songs as you would normally.
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
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…
We try to be open to letting anything change in the moment. - Ira Kaplan
We try to be open to letting anything change in the moment.
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
I don't think simple is an insult. Something that's really simple and great is probably harder to do than something more complex.
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
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…
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
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…
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