“If enough people out there want a physical product, I'll be happy to make one. I'd say about 10,000 people is "enough."” PeopleIfsWantEnoughProducts Author:Rivers Cuomo
“The internet has not granted us more control in relation to the record company because we're still bound by an agreement with them not to release our music without their consent. But they generally let us do what we want, anyway, so it doesn't matter who's officially in control.” WantStillsMatterCompanyRecordsInternetRelationBoundsReleaseGrantedAgreementConsentRecord Companies Author:Rivers Cuomo
“I do want to make music that people love, but I also want to make music that I love. I know I can't please everyone with anything I do, so I don't think too much about how other people are going to take things.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantI CanToo MuchPlease Author:Rivers Cuomo
“I find that I end up liking songs if I really have an idea of something I wat to write about-some problem in my life or something I want to work through; if I don't have something like that at the root of the song, then I think I end up not caring about it as much. I gravitate towards some kind of concept or idea or situation that I want to write about. Very often I have to write, rewrite and come at it from an opposite angle...and I end up writing the opposite song that I thought I was going to write.” IfsThinkingWantWritingKindIdeasEndsProblemSongSituationConceptsRootsOppositesCaringSongwritingAngleNot Caring Author:Rivers Cuomo