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Prince led by example. As prolific as he was as an artist, he was just as courageous in the business.
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We can guarantee you that 15 to 30 seconds of any of our songs are going to be good. The rest, we can't guarantee.
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The only time I only really made out with a girl in high school, my mom caught me.
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My muse appears to me in a different form every time a new idea for a song is created. Sometimes I'm inspired by music or film, but more typically it's my surroundings that truly inspire me. Family, work, school, the city I live in, the books I read... All of these things inspire the creation of a song.
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All of our lyrics are really personal, and we get a lot of personal letters.
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Often people think they know what they want, but what they really want is something that's genuine. So they'll be saying, "Do another one like that," but you liked that one because it's real. So as long as I keep it real and I do something that's real to me, you're going to feel it in the same way.
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We've all had a million day jobs. We got by fine then.
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We started our band in a garage when we were 15.
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There's an interesting thing I've seen with Australian bands: when you put them side-by-side with bands from other parts of the world, they're just more musical. They're just better.
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I've started to see records as just a snapshot, a portrait of where you were at at that time. And if you're comfortable with that, sometimes it's like an old high school year book picture - it makes you blush a little bit, but you gotta learn to really appreciate each stage of your life and where you're at.
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I need a little criticism while I make a record so that I kind of feel like: okay, I know that I'm doing the best that I can do because someone is actually here challenging it.
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We've made a lot of party music; we're definitely not Thom Yorke. But there's also depth to our records; we get emotional.
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I always jump at the chance to mentor kids when it comes to music.
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A lot of bands don't really like each other. I read an Interpol interview the other day, it was a really good interview because it was showing a different aspect of a band. They don't really like each other - they work together and they kinda exist together and that's how they like it. They're like, "we didn't get into this band looking for friends."
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The whole time you're bouncing ideas off each other, you continue to try and push the songs as far as you can take them and make them the best that they can be.
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Don't let anyone make you feel like you're not good enough, smart enough or cool enough. Do your own thing.
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You find, as the years go on and you have some success, people kind of start to say yes when they should say no.
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The one thing that nobody else in the world can touch is the coffee in Australia.
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I played and recorded this song using my fingers instead of a pick. In the verses I'm basically playing a guitar chord and plucking the strings with my thumb, pointer and middle fingers.
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I wouldn't be surprised if this album cycle for 'Cardiology' is the funnest couple years we ever see. We've made all of our mistakes; we've kind of learned. Now we know what to avoid, we know what to embrace, we know how to take a deep breath and enjoy the moment.
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We have known each other for a long time, and I've always known the real Paris. I always knew she was like wife material or serious girlfriend material.
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I'm a really easy guy to read.
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When you try to teach somebody else, you have to be able to articulate your thoughts, and that just makes you understand so much more what you're doing.
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I've always been obsessed with girls.