“I didn't want to do a double album. I just felt like the last two records I made were like that, and a lot of records I was buying were like that, and it started to feel like it was too much music to digest at once.” WantFeelsMadeTwoLastsFeltRecordsToo MuchAlbumsBuying Author:Phil Elvrum
“People's attentions spans are getting shorter and shorter. I don't want to cater to that necessarily but, just for myself, it feels like more than 40 minutes of music is too much.” PeopleWantFeelsAttentionToo MuchMinutesMusic IsAttention Span Author:Phil Elvrum
“It's nice to have a band that can adapt to whatever show we're in, so we can play on a big stage or a house show.” PlayShowsBigsHouseNiceStageBand Author:Phil Elvrum
“To me, Twitter seems like a way for people to just let the world know about the most mundane bullshit that crosses their mind.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayMindSeemsCrossesBullshitMundane Author:Phil Elvrum
“I was going to tweet every three seconds about every thought that went through my mind, and I did that for a few days. It was really fun, and funny to me.” MindThreeFunSecondsTweet Author:Phil Elvrum
“Twitter is so stupid. I mean, it sucks! It's not a good way to communicate and it's really difficult to use it for any functional thing.” WayMeanUseDifficultStupidCommunicateGood Way Author:Phil Elvrum
“Whenever I get a tweet that's trying to promote a thing someone cares about, I'm like, "how annoying!"” TryingCareAnnoyingTweet Author:Phil Elvrum
“I've been thinking about songwriting more in terms of playing it live, and how it will sound as a band.” ThinkingSoundTermBandSongwriting Author:Florence Welch
“The stage is the place I feel comfortable - it's almost as if real life is where I feel most nervous. Conversations are a lot more nerve-wracking.” IfsFeelsRealLife IsStageConversationComfortableReal LifeNervousNerves Author:Florence Welch
“All the words are already there when you're singing onstage, it's fantastic. You can lose yourself in what you've created. You're controlling this freedom.” LosesSingingFantasticLosing Yourself Author:Florence Welch