Colin Meloy Quotes
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Living in war, and being a wartime band, I don't think there's any way that can't somehow influence the songwriting.
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Pop music has always adopted the style of marrying upbeat melodies to dour lyrics.
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If Broadway musicals were as popular as they were in the 20s, 30s, and 40s, then people like Sufjan Stevens and Iron & Wine would be writing for Broadway, which would be amazing. As it stands, it's the worst stuff that's mired in pop music.
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They're like the mirror of myself - I've got both male and female counterparts. I'm really happy to be playing in a band that appeals to people who I feel I could honestly be friends with. It's a luxury, I believe, not many bands enjoy. It certainly spurs me on.
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Single car waited helplessly at a dormant traffic light;
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We are the inheritors of a wonderful world, a beautiful world, full of life and mystery, goodness and pain. But likewise are we the children of an indifferent universe. We break our own hearts imposing our moral order on what is, by nature, a wide web of chaos.
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It was a nice relief to be able to work on individual songs.
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But, there's like a hole world out there! Filled with mystery and awe and sorrow and happiness.
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All instruments sound fantastic in a church.
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It's kind of a protest song. My objective is to make sense of foreign policy decisions taken by the current Bush administration and showing how they resemble solipsistic bullying.
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I think the music should definitely underscore the sentiment of the song, and it can work for or against it.
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I don't feel like we're setting ourselves up to be exclusive. I don't want to set up an attitude where we're telling people 'You can't listen to our music if you don't have a college degree.