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by Craig Ketchum
Fleet Foxes: It sounded
like something an English fox hunter would say. (Robin Pecknold, on the
origin of his band’s name)
Lady GaGa: Being a woman
in the pop world, sexuality is half poison and half liberation.
Radiohead: I’m not
worried about computers taking over the world. They’re just sitting
there. You can hit them with a two-by-four. (Thom Yorke, on, well,
computers taking over the world)
U2: Actually, ‘78
was a really exciting time for U2. We had just discovered F# minor. So we
had the fourth chord – and we’d only had three up to then.
(Bono, on three-chord wonders)
Coldplay: If you like
Coldplay, then you’re obviously very intelligent and good looking and
all-around brilliant. (Chris Martin)
Lykke Li: The things that
fuel me in music are either a beat you can dance to or lyrics that can make
you cry. So, I either like to dance or I like to cry.
Animal Collective: I got
in a vicious battle with one of my cats over a brussels sprout a month or
two back, that ended up with him getting a free meal and me getting [a]
severely bloodied hand. (Geologist, on conflicts)
Jason Mraz: Singing and
music was my only talent. I’m quite pleased with how it all came out.
Snow Patrol: Obviously,
I’m not a vampire. It’s a metaphor. (Gary Lightbody, on
the dark lyrics on Headlights on Dark Roads)
Dave Matthews Band: A guy
and a girl can be just friends; but at one point or another, they will fall
for each other . . . Maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too
late, or maybe forever. (Dave Matthews, on relationships)
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Li’l Wayne: I
don’t make statements, I make moves – you heard the man.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: She
wishes it was a little more democratic in terms of the attention.
(Nick Zinner on Karen O’s inability to avoid it)
Kings of Leon: I try to
stay away from McDonald’s; I find it gives me more zits than anyone
else. (Nathan Followill, on attaining a balanced diet)
Brooke Fraser: Though my
birth certificate reads 1983, I reckon I was born in 1999, when I met
Jesus. Not in a church or on a camp or through people, but alone in my
bedroom with an open Bible – and a tangible revelation that the Son
of God was not only real, but alive and awesome, and stronger than the
chains that bound me.
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