Jack Antonoff Quotes
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When I started playing in bands, we had to be apologetic for what we did. We had to be apologetic because the mainstream was so bad.
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To grow up five miles outside of the greatest city in the world is a bizarre experience.
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I've worked so hard for so long, and everyone's reaction has made me feel like... almost like they trust me, which is just a wonderful feeling. It pushes me to write things better and better.
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The best pop music is the songs that a group of people can dance to, but you can also listen to in your bed and cry. That's something obviously that The Beatles started and... so having that darkness there opens another door.
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I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.
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I loved Interpol when they came out, but I never wanted to be in Interpol.
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You can look at someone and get to know their music and say, 'This is someone who I want to work with.'
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That's what is incredible about human beings, is the choice to keep going.
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Human rights, no matter whom they affect, are something that should matter to all of us. It's always been a part of my life.
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Black and white creates a strange dreamscape that color never can.
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I think it's nice to do work that is vaguely compromising to your health because it means you really care about it.
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The way that people have gotten on board with me is the most encouraging thing in the world, but it's all very connected to the 14 years I've been on tour with Steel Train, even my band before that, Outline, and then fun. and now Bleachers.
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It's pretty easy to tell who's garbage and who's not right away, and most people suck, to be honest, or they're just really wrapped up in what's going on with themselves.
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I grew up on Raffi. That was my first impression of what a rock star was.
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I have all of these lives that I want the music to live, but at the end of the day, it's out there.
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I don't really love roller coasters because I feel like they're filled with germs and make me nauseous.
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I think what probably happens when you put two awkward/clunky people together is that their awkward/clunky world seems like a normal world.
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Bleachers comes from a different place. It's personal. It's just me putting myself out there as myself. It's very intense.
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The first time I ever got paid to play was 1/18/99, Fire Hall in Bordentown, New Jersey. Played first on the bill - we got paid $20!
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The heart and soul of pop is newness, excitement, innovation.
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The only people playing the roles of classic rock stars are hip-hop artists, now. Kanye's stage persona, and the way he approaches making albums, and the way he wants to be better than everyone else? That's reminiscent of Freddie Mercury. That's reminiscent of the Beatles.
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When you're in a band, it's like everyone's the CEO, and anyone could destroy it at any moment.
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For 10 years, I had a band called Steel Train. We made three albums. We toured like crazy.
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I remember immediately - immediately - feeling like, 'I don't want to play 'We Are Young' when I'm 35. I don't want to be defined by this.'