“When I was growing up, I would listen to a different album almost every night. I would do the full album experience before I went to bed and that's how I would discover a lot of music. I would kind of go into another world with my headphones on.” WorldKindDifferentNightGrowing UpGrowingBedAlbumsEvery NightAnother WorldHeadphones Author:Mark Stoermer
“I think music is a very personal thing and it doesn't necessarily have to be experienced one way or another, but the album experience is a completely different thing than the single experience.” ThinkingWayDifferentMusic IsAlbumsOne WayDifferent ThingsPersonal Things Author:Mark Stoermer
“I was always an album guy, not a greatest hits kind of guy, not so much a radio guy. I'm not saying one is better than the other but... It was like reading a novel but shorter than that. You go into a world for an hour and you absorb yourself into it rather than just passively listening and flipping through this and that.” WorldKindGuyReadingHoursNovelListeningRadioAlbums Author:Mark Stoermer
“I think everything you do in your life affects you creatively. Especially in music, if you do another thing musical.” IfsThinkingMusical Author:Mark Stoermer
“I was lucky enough to just play music as a living and not have a nine-to-five job. I didn't have to pay the bills so I was able to experiment.” EnoughPlayAbleJobsPayFiveLuckyBillsNineExperiments Author:Mark Stoermer
“I wasn't ready to write my own songs when I was in my early 20s. I'm still growing but I definitely grew because of my experiences on the road and in the studio.” WritingStillsSongMy OwnGrowingReadyGrewStudiosEarly 20s Author:Mark Stoermer
“I might be a completely different kind of songwriter but I definitely think there are some things... I've taken pieces from different people that I've met and worked with along the way from the Killers experience, within the band and without.” PeopleThinkingKindDifferentMightTakenPiecesMetsDifferent KindsSongwritersDifferent Peoples Author:Mark Stoermer
