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New York - it's the center of the world. ”
When we first started touring, we were going to these towns we'd never otherwise go to, never otherwise see, and that's sort of why we like being in a band. But we started playing these bigger rooms and not even seeing the towns. ”
Just being thought of as a Christian is pretty annoying. Not that there's anything wrong with it. But just being told you're anything when you're not. ”
We get accused of inauthenticity because we play the instruments we play. ”
We're not, like, hard men. ”
We're in a long line of English people pretending to be Americans and not being as good as Americans. ”
Somebody told me about a band that works out their whole set as if it was one song. They learn the whole set as one piece, so they know how the dynamics of it work. It's really difficult to do, and you can only really do it while you're on tour, as being in a rehearsal studio is not the same as being on stage in front of an audience. ”
It must be tiring being Bob Dylan for the past 50 years. People act like he's not even human, which must be hard work. Every room he walks into just goes quiet. ”
I need to not be typecast as big, black, and dumb but be seen as an intelligent, witty, bold, and charismatic person. ”
I like to go into things, and I like to make the most bold choice to tell the particular story being told. ”