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“I love not being in charge of writing all the songs, and being the front person - the whole thing is cool.”

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“I'm used to coming up with a lot of parts. And I don't have to do that so much [with Divine Fits]. This is the kind of band I've always wanted to be in because we never set up any aesthetic rules when we started it. We just wrote and edited, and it ended up sounding like Divine Fits.”

Kind Wanted Used Divine Fit Band Aesthetic Edited

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“Sometimes it's hard to hear criticism, or "maybe let's try a different way." People's feelings get hurt.”

People Way Trying Different Sometimes Hard Feelings Hurt Criticism Different Ways

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“There's no way to replicate a really great vocal sometimes.”

Way Sometimes Really Great Vocal Replicate

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“I had some really great experiences doing overdubs.”

Really Great Great Experiences

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“The fastest I ever did that was when Kill the Moonlight came out after Girls Can Tell, and I remember both labels I was working with at the time saying, "If this was any other period, I would probably say this is too fast, but because this is first time anybody has ever paid attention to Spoon, let's keep it on an upward trajectory."”

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“It's cool because you don't know how certain songs are going to go over until you play them live. For some reason, "Shivers" gets a huge response. I was not expecting it. When I start singing in the middle of "Baby Get Worse", they go nuts. Just little surprises like that.”

Knows Littles Reason Play Certain Song Know How Middle Huge Baby Singing Surprise Response Nuts Expecting Shiver

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“I guess if we do enough shows and keep doing it long enough, then people will get the picture. But I can't really be bothered if they don't get the picture. That's not my concern.”

People Ifs Long I Can Enough Shows Concern Bothered

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“It's hard being the guy that brings in a song, because you're very, you know, it can be something that you get too sensitive about.”

Knows Hard Guy Song Sensitive

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“I recognize that there are some great things about not playing a song live, and just kind of piecing it together as you go.”

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“You definitely get more of a band feel to a song if you've been playing a song live a bunch.”

Ifs Feels Song Band Bunch

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“I sometimes feel like I need to pinch myself. I feel extremely fortunate.”

Needs Feels Sometimes Fortunate

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“I don't wanna keep playing the same song over and over again. It's just thinking about "what's going to be the coolest thing to play on this particular show?" The easiest thing to do is to play the single over and over again.”

Thinking Play Shows Song Particular Things To Do

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“I'm never trying to be commercial or accessible, or saying "let's do this weird stuff, but at the same time we gotta do this safe stuff".”

Trying Stuff Safe Weird Stuff

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“I'm usually way more pleased with the stuff that just kinda happens by accident and is no way a pop song. But sometimes the easiest thing for me to write is pop songs.”

Way Writing Sometimes Happens Song Stuff Pops Accidents Pop Song

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“The idea that somebody out there is that eager to hear my music in advance can only be a good thing. But growing up, I always liked that system where "release day" was a big thing, and for bands I really liked, I'd know that date. It'd be on my calendar, and I'd go to the record store that day. Sitting down and listening to the record for the first time was a real event. I wish it was still that way, but that's not the way the world works any more.”

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“My song titles have different reasons for the mistakes. "Don't You Evah," that's just the way that I've always said it, and I just thought it was funnier. "Yr." in "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb", it's that punk-rock way of writing "your," like "Kill Yr. Idols." And "Rhthm And Soul" was just an actual typo that someone pointed out, and I just said, "Well, I guess that's the way it's gonna be."”

Writing Different Soul Reason Song Mistake

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“I just think that's more exciting. When people used to cut records live, there were mistakes all the time that stayed in. It was part of the charm. You're kind of missing something if everything is all doctored-up and clinical. So when we hear a mistake that sounds interesting, we make a point to keep it.”

People Thinking Kind Interesting Mistake Cutting Missing Exciting

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“If I was talking about making a song special, I probably meant getting the lyrics and arrangement together, or getting some instrument that's going to tie the whole thing together. That can take months, or it can happen really fast.”

Together Song Special

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“I'm not the underdog, but - Well actually, I guess I've been the underdog. To me, it always felt like I was talking to "the big guy," you know, the big guy in the government, and trying to tell him about some things he didn't seem to be aware of. I just think that's a pretty arrogant group of liars we've got up there, and they don't really consider the abilities of their opponents.”

Thinking Trying Guy Ability Liars Arrogant Underdog

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“I don't even think about having a "rock-star profile." But sure, I always think, "Wouldn't it be great to have your friends along for the ride?" I just feel like me, you know? I've always been me, and I feel like the same guy. It surprises me when people expect me to be anything other than just a dude. I'm just a dude.”

People Thinking Guy Surprise Profile Surprise Me Along For The Ride

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“Mostly, isolation allows me to go through a period where I really concentrate and get in a flow. Sometimes the whole process can be daunting, and when you're away from it, thinking about going back to it is especially daunting. If I go away for a week, I can be working on 10 songs at once, just jumping around to each one. I can get a month's worth of work done.”

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“Although it's pretty rare that I'll get completed, finished lyrics to a song and feel like it's done, and then decide that it's not worth doing. Usually, I can tell along the way - even if it's something I've been working on for a couple of months - that it's just not going to work. Maybe I'll come back to it a few months or even a year later, or maybe it's just gone.”

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“Sometimes to get in the "musical mood," I'll just turn on music really loud, or go drive around and listen to music, or learn a song that I really like on guitar or piano. That gets me in the right frame of mind to proceed.”

Mind Sometimes Song Musical Mood Listening To Music

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“My problem was never with the major label, it was with the guy who we put our trust in and then wouldn't take my phone calls once we'd signed to a major label, who then quit.”

Problem Guy Quitting

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“I don't have any intention to stop. Rock 'n' roll is my main concern.”

Concern Intention

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“I think there are lots of people that believe in rock 'n' roll. It's real easy. You just find some friends to play with and then you can feel it. I think that happens all the time. To be in a band and be playing in a room really loud, even if you never play a show, that feeling is really addictive and pure.”

People Thinking Believe Real Feelings Easy

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Born: April 14, 1971
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