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To make a very specific car only for India - where you don't know where the segments are tomorrow or will it shift - is tough. ”
My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all. ”
The Flaming Lips have been on Warner Bros. forever, and certainly everything I heard growing up was on a major label in some way, from the Cure to Radiohead to Bjork. ”
I studied the Bible and philosophy in college, and I think in a certain sense that's the kind of stuff that still makes my brain work. ”
It's a lot easier to sabotage your career than to have a career to sabotage. ”
I was really sick of bands just ignoring the audience as a posture in rock music. And I think we fed off each other in terms of trying to engage the audience, not in a hammy way, but actually trying to be aware of the space that you are playing in and trying to connect in some way through the music. ”
My favorite English teacher in high school showed me 'Brazil' when I was 15, and it blew my mind. It's one of those movies that's revealed itself in different ways as I've gone back to it over the years. ”
If you think about it, if you've ever been to a Catholic service, it's practically a laser light show. It's very dramatic, very theatrical. The outfits they wear, it's all designed to be impressive. ”
It seems like the record industry made so much crazy money in the 1960s that everyone wanted to get in on it. Now it's just become very corporate. So all of these people who despise music end up being in charge. ”
I never really felt super-Texan. It wasn't like I was unhappy, but I wasn't superhappy. ”