“I've always risen to the challenge and faced adversity; it's just a part of who I am.” Quote by Erik Rutan
“For me personally, and as a band, there are a lot of challenges. Being in a band is like war, it's a battle - to focus, to really put together something that's formidable and then keeping everything together.” WarTogetherChallengesFocusBattleBandFormidable Author:Erik Rutan
“I've always tried to be kind of poetic in my lyrical approach.” KindApproachPoeticBe KindLyrical Author:Erik Rutan
“I've always written everything as two guitars and I never thought I'd find that right person.” PersonsTwoWrittenGuitarRight PersonThat Right Person Author:Erik Rutan
“I've been trying to write really simple songs to make them sound like they're coming out of a satellite that's crashing into a gas giant or something.” WritingTryingSongSoundSimpleGiantsGasComing OutSatellites Author:Mark Linkous
“When people want me to sign records they usually always have Vivadixie[submarinetransmissions], and I think that's a lot of people's favorite record. And that was sort of when I was just learning what I was doing.” PeopleThinkingWantRecordsWant Me Author:Mark Linkous
“I think maybe I'm trying to forget or not be so conscious about plastic circuitry and just go for the feeling.” ThinkingTryingFeelingsForgetConsciousPlastic Author:Mark Linkous
“I never really made much money playing music. It's because I've never really worked with a producer who could make my music sound, I guess, like how the public wants it to sound.” WantMadeSoundProducersPlaying Music Author:Mark Linkous
“A lot of the stuff I listen to is glitchy electronic stuff and stuff with beats.” StuffBeats Author:Mark Linkous