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“You’re listening for the spirit of the thing, the heart of the thing, and the honesty of the thing.”

“When you break a song down into parts, it’s a monster.”

“The rest of the guys looked like they just got back from stuffing their heads up a drunken wolf’s ass.”

A walk through the indie-prefixed music phenomenon

“What is the object really, if all you know is the documentation of it?”

“It was the most horrific, 10-minute-long, weird piece of shit I have ever heard in my life… So I sent him a message and asked him if he wanted to work with me.”

“It’s like the slow-food movement for the music industry.”

“I fucked her little brother! How do you know her?”

“I wish I never had to talk about 9/11 again, you know?”

“What I’ve learned is that you put your music out there, and even if you have an intended place or way to be listened to, people will do their own thing with it.”

“I’m working on this piece — I’m trying not to work on it too quickly.”