I do think I've learned, in the ensuing years, how to be a more effective bandleader. And maybe, just maybe, we're a little better on our instruments.

- David First

The numerous ecstatic traditions - including free jazz and funk - have all been great inspirations.

- David First

However naïve it sounds, or however inept the result, I think the idea is to try to alchemize the crap, not just mirror it all.

- David First

We [Notekillers] aren't necessarily trying to be role models, but if we are, that's cool.

- David First

I tell people too young to know that we came up during two of the most dogmatic times in recent history - the so-called hippie era and the punk era, …

- David First

Possibly the only thing we Notekillers place on a higher pedestal than music is laughs, so, of course, we also know that the idea of the title is a k…

- David First

I could easily fill up each week with going to see debuts of friends' compositions alone. When you add in all of the bands I'm interested in catching…

- David First

To me, everything in the world comes down to two categories: "about-ness" and "is-ness". "About" represents or describes something, while "Is" is the…

- David First

My personal definition of rock'n'roll is people attempting to do something that's beyond their ability to do it well. And whatever the outward contra…

- David First