Colin Meloy Quotes
You can't really come into a concept record objectively, because you immediately associate it with Yes, stuff from the 1970s that punk rock kicked against, the pretentiousness.
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Our rights come from God, not the government.
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One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
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As long as it says Metallica on the record it's Metallica.
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I don't come from a family of slackers, but I do come from a family of doers.
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My comedy doesn't come from any calculations and studies.
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I have been playing acoustic music for a very long time, and it's something that I am very comfortable doing, so if I made a record, it would probably be a mixture of that and some other things that I'm interested in.
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'Love Tattoo' I recorded without a record company. I'd gotten turned down by the record companies – they said they didn't get me, which is fine, I suppose.
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Some of my oldest friends are actors. But that's not the only place my friends come from.
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There are some die-hard 'Chelsea Lately' fans, and that's where the majority of my fans come from. Chelsea is really helping make comedy audiences hipper and edgier.
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My painting does not come from the easel.
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I've always come into a show when the show was already up and running.
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These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.
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If I told you about a land of love, friend, would you follow me and come?
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I grew up in an age where I loved going and buying a physical record. Things that were digital and all that stuff, it wasn't around. So I loved going and buying an album and looking through the inserts and reading stuff and seeing pictures.
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I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star.
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When I was 13, I told my dad I needed to record myself because I sounded awesome, even though I didn't. By 18, I was a lot better. Then I got a publishing deal, so I was writing songs for other people professionally.
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One's ships come in over a calm sea.
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Yesterday Michael Phelps set an all-time Olympic record for most medals. Phelps has so much gold on his chest he's been asked to join the cast of 'Jersey Shore.'
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I don't listen to anybody's full record anymore and when I did, I don't think I listened to the whole record. I'm sorry, and I don't care who it is, if it's the Beatles, I can't listen to an hour and a half of anybody straight so I guess that's just my personal preference.
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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.
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There's something very interesting about the way each individual actor approaches stuff.
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One of the things about federal politics is that it has been remarkably free of corruption.
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I have no relationships and I'm, like, sad sometimes.
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You can't really come into a concept record objectively, because you immediately associate it with Yes, stuff from the 1970s that punk rock kicked against, the pretentiousness.
