“When you deceive someone who trusts you, or take the money not due to you, or shut the gas-chamber door, it’s the same thing. YOU did it.”

“The Brainwaves Festival is likely to be my last THBC experiment for some time, and should not be missed if at all possible.”

“The motherfucking idea of space and time has fallen apart.”

“We really wanted the ear to focus on the song itself and less on part, part, part, part, part, part, part.”

Dock Boggs, Blues Banjo, and Virginia Hills

“I’ll put my two cents in, but I’m perfectly fine if they get thrown right back.”

“The idea of being aware of culture means that we’re not so full of ourselves that we think we’re gonna define it or change it.”

“Mogwai unplugged would be fucking horrendous. Just the thought of Martin hitting bongos.”

Crate-digging for obscure gems to reissue

“You just kind of crap it out all over.”

“It seems amazing that you could spend so much time on material that still sounds so foreign.”

200 guitarists and 16 bassists rehearsing for a massive concert that was never even performed

“I don’t want to be the person sitting up in the tower just making all the music by myself.”

“I’ve actually come to resent the glockenspiel quite a bit.”

“If you gotta go with a company, I’m happy to go with guys that I’m friends with.”