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• John Ross Bowie:

  I guess that's the big challenge of any art: Do you want to be something for everyone or everything

• Stephen Malkmus:

  What producers did was mostly recording in the studio, so it never changed our sound just that much

• Stephen Malkmus:

  Well, yeah, I sang to some songs on the radio or in the shower.

• Stephen Malkmus:

  We're probably a couple of freaks who've created their own little universe, are living in our own l

• Stephen Malkmus:

  We're not on a desperate mission to write chart compatible stuff.

• Stephen Malkmus:

  We were delighted to have Nigel as a producer. The only problem is that Nigel is so famous that he

• Stephen Malkmus:

  We always did our own mixing.

• Stephen Malkmus:

  There's no point that an album should sound like a watered down version of another album.

• Stephen Malkmus:

  The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative.

• Stephen Malkmus:

  Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawe