“Basically, we've learned to delegate. We just grew tired of becoming too psychotic and straining to make the records ourselves.” RecordsGrewBecomingTiredPsychoticDelegates Author:Stevie Jackson
“Lazy Line Painter Jane - it was an insane way to make a record! It was just in a church hall, no separate rooms for instruments, and a crappy digital desk, and I think it's fantastic. I think it's one of the best records we ever made. But if you actually said that to a professional recording engineer or producer they'd laugh at you.” IfsThinkingWayMadeSaidChurchLinesRoomsLaughingRecordsInstrumentsInsaneProducersPainterFantasticLazyDigitalHallsEngineersDesksJane Author:Stevie Jackson
“In the early days I'd be slaving over a mixing desk. I'm not a recording engineer but I used to mix the record. We used to do it all by ourselves. I just don't really want to do it anymore. I want somebody to do it for me. I want to concentrate on other things. That's been a big change, a learning curve. But no regrets, it's all part of life's rich tapestry.” WantBigsUsedRichRecordsRegretEngineersDesksCurvesNo RegretsParts Of LifeMixingTapestryBig ChangesLearning Curve Author:Stevie Jackson
“I think for a group that has a reputation for being shy and elusive, we're actually outspoken.” ThinkingGroupsReputationShyElusiveOutspokenBeing Shy Author:Stevie Jackson
“I grew up reading biographies on groups, and I love all that. The thing about biographies, it's the old cliché but it's true - a lot of the time these things are more about the author than they are about the group.” ReadingGroupsGrewGrew UpBiographiesReading Biographies Author:Stevie Jackson
“I'm learning about filming, and just conceptualizing as well. I think it's a good artistic inroad, even to music as well.” ThinkingWellsArtisticGood ArtGood Artist Author:Stevie Jackson
“I drew when I was very, very young. My mom kept stuff I drew when I was 2 and a half years old, because it looked like, you know, like a jaguar as opposed to a cheetah.” KnowsYearsYoungStuffHalfLike YouMomMy MomHalf A YearJaguarsCheetahs Author:Dan Povenmire
“There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.” ArtGenerationsFashionDesignTasteDemandClothesHeavyAppetiteMediocrity Author:Paul Gauguin
“I was drawing professionally by the time I was 12. I used to do very detailed sort of photorealistic pen-and-ink work, and I burned out on it around, like, high school. And cartooning really got me back into drawing.” SchoolUsedHigh SchoolDrawingPensBurnedInkBurned Out Author:Dan Povenmire
“I don't think I'm predominantly thought of as being a comedic actor.” ThinkingActorsComedic Author:Michael Madsen